Swimming lessons

The girls finished up their first session of swimming lessons last Thursday (I've got them signed up twice to reinforce their skills; they'll start again next Monday). Last year they had to repeat Level 1, ostensibly because they were afraid they might drown if they put their heads in the water for any length of time. More likely, Uno was simply addicted to the melodrama of her professed fear (and Dos was playing along). She's so over that. This year Uno is drunk on the power of Level 2; she and Dos are in the big time now, baby!









Neither of them passed Level 2 on this first go round, but not because they were afraid and not because they didn't try. The swimming teachers tell me very few kids do pass that one right away; it goes beyond Level 1 basics like holding your breath to trickier things like floating. My girls have to learn to resist the urge to lift their heads and look around mid-float -- but once they've got that down, it'll be on to Level 3! Woo-hoo!

Swimming skills are important, but even more than that, I'm glad they've learned that the pride of accomplishment feels better than the icky-sticky attention of melodrama. :-)


~RCH~