Can I teach my son to swim without getting into a bathing suit???

Well the new school year is upon us and since the only preschool I actually considered enrolling Scotty into is full, I've decided to "homeschool" preschool. My inspiration coming from my dear friend, Suzanne, who homeschools all four of her children and makes it look easy. Thus, I decided our first activity would be swimming. But before I sign Scotty up and pay for real lessons, I have to make sure he will get into the water! I was never inspired to take him swimming before now, so unfortunately at three years of age, the bathtub has been as close to a pool that he's ever been, aside from the few times Jay took him in the various hotel pools we came upon during our trip through Canada. He'll get in the water as long as he's hanging onto someone. I guess that means I have to get myself into a bathing suit (sigh....)....I knew the day would come. I was just hoping to be about 20 pounds lighter. O-well. It's not about me, it's about the experience I will share with my child, right? Today I dragged my brother and my two nieces out to the pool on base so they could get into the water with the boys and spare me. It worked for today, but eventually I will have to break down and face the inevitable humiliation that will be me in a bathing suit. The last time I was in a bathing suit? Our honeymoon in Hawaii over 8 years ago....yikes. On a lighter note, the weather here has been overcast and rainy with thunder and lightening storms off and on during the past week and I have to admit, I love it! It's not Juneau rain where you're lucky to see a speck of sunshine in a month's time. When it does shower here, it's actually refreshing. So much so that we treked out to the local county fair in the rain and we were the only ones prepared with rainboots and coats (thanks for the training, Juneau!). It was actually quite humorous because it didn't bother us one bit. In addition to the fair, Jay took Scotty to the car races while his dad was in town this past weekend. A long tradition of Jay and his dad, so they were excited to expose Scotty to the sport. Of course, upon the roaring, loud start of the engines, Scotty was ready to go home but that's when Jay broke out the handy dandy ear muffs and all was well again. This weekend, camping is on the agenda in honor of the last weekend of the summer. As the season comes to a close, we find ourselves being very grateful for the past couple months of warmth and sunshine. It has been more summer than we've seen in FOUR years and we've enjoyed every minute of it!