Henry Swims!
Pool season is in full swing! Henry took some swim lessons this spring (aside: Henry was taking swim lessons at the JCC and Ingrid's favorite book was Belinda's Ball. My life has come full circle.).
He had a blast going to swim school with Daddy, but the end result was that his confidence in the water significantly exceeded his competence. The first time we took him to the pool and let him take off his Speedo floatie vest, he sank like a stone. A really heavy stone.
Whereupon he was enrolled in Reitz Swim School boot camp. We go to the pool about three days a week, so he's getting lots of practice and really getting the hang of it! He can jump in and go about ten feet. More importantly, he can turn himself around and swim back to the wall if he falls in.
Here's our little fish last weekend:
Obviously, this all makes my swimmer's heart go pitter-pat. I'm already looking up local USS clubs.
He had a blast going to swim school with Daddy, but the end result was that his confidence in the water significantly exceeded his competence. The first time we took him to the pool and let him take off his Speedo floatie vest, he sank like a stone. A really heavy stone.
Whereupon he was enrolled in Reitz Swim School boot camp. We go to the pool about three days a week, so he's getting lots of practice and really getting the hang of it! He can jump in and go about ten feet. More importantly, he can turn himself around and swim back to the wall if he falls in.
Here's our little fish last weekend:
Obviously, this all makes my swimmer's heart go pitter-pat. I'm already looking up local USS clubs.
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