Swimming.....or not swimming in our case

This week, we started swimming lessons. First, I need to preface this by saying that Ryan loves to swim. He has loved swimming every time we have gone and is not afraid of the water.
However, Ryan is absolutely refusing to get in the water for swimming lessons. He is excited to go every day, he talks about what he is going to do, but then will not get in. We have tried bribing him, just putting him in kicking and screaming, talking about it, getting there early to watch first, time out, you name it.
Ryan is the kind of child who does things on his time, his terms and you can't push him. Well, you can try to push him...hasn't worked for me yet. Hmm....who does this sound like?? Yes, he does get this from me.
Bill Cosby talks about the "mother's curse." The old "I hope when you grow up you get a child exactly like you?" Well, it worked. I talked with my mom and apparently I also refused to get in the water for swimming lessons. For an entire summer.
Note to reader--I apologized to both my parents today for being such a pain in the neck. Funny, they seem to find the entire situation with Ryan to be pretty comical. In fact, my dad couldn't stop laughing.
We will see how the next 6 lessons go. After talking with my parents, I'm not optimistic. But Ryan did scream a little less today when I put him in the pool. And he didn't scream quite as long after he got out (30 seconds later). Progress....not perfection.