We bought some of those diving sticks at the store the other day. There are 6 variations, each one valued at a different amount of points. I must say, all of this summer time swimming sure has paid off - he's able to swim to the bottom and gather up anywhere from 1-3 sticks at a time before coming back to the surface and swimming to the edge of the pool. I think we can confidently say he now knows how to swim! I'm so proud!

He also got a new toy that will go along nicely with his mask - which he gets tomorrow! This thing is rad, does a high pressure squirt that goes really far and a grenade style burst of water. Very cool toy.