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Wed, 27 Jul 2005

Berkeley's Swimming Lessons
Last year we enrolled Berkeley in some "swimming lessons" at the local club (we aren't members, but they open kids swimming lessons up to non-members). Perhaps I had my expectations set too high, but the lessons really turned out to be nothing more than basic water orientation ("this is a swimming pool, learn to recognize it at a glance"). Perhaps I doth protest too much... because, on the whole, I think it was a positive experience for him at the age he was.

This summer, however, we stepped Berkeley up to the swimming lesson big leagues; namely, he is taking swimming lessons from the "Swim Nazi" (using a phrase that one of Kristy's friends coined... affectionately I'm sure). The class is the literal definition of "sink or swim", honestly. And there is "no crying in swimming lessons" as the Swim Nazi (or Kathie) is so apt to point out to any wayward slobbering 2-yr old. Or in other words, it's right up my alley from an expectations standpoint - and the "swim nazi" has delivered, big time.

After only eight lessons (the last one being today), Berkeley can doggy paddle across the shorter length of the pool. He can jump of the diving board and then swim over to the ladder, climb out and jump again. And he doesn't do these tasks begrudgingly, he does them with a big fat smile on his face, usually accompanied by an exclamation such as "Look at me Daddy!".

We already re-upped him for August and September.

(Update Sat Dec 3 06:33:08 PST 2005 // fixed a spelling error)

:: Posted by rus on Wed, 27 Jul 2005 4:51 pm
:: Filed under /daily_journal/2005



        

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