Microfleece swim shorts

We are taking swimming lessons at the local pool. We have one more week to go and then he will have completed Starfish level 1, so very exciting. The water temperature in the indoor pool is very chilly and he shivered through a few of classes until I decided to make him a pair of warmer swim trunks. I made the shorts with the same monkey pants pattern and cut them a bit shorter. I used microfleece from Mill Direct which is the same fabric that I use to line his new diapers. The shorts turned out very nice and comfy. I also put him in a long sleeve microfleece onesie that I made for him last winter. He was very toasty at the last swim class. The shorts do absorb more water than the nylon version, but they dry pretty quickly once you wring out the water.