I was hoping to stick a video on here of Westin's swim lessons, but the only videos are from Wes's iphone and they don't easily upload. Anyone have any tips for this?
Westin took swimming lessons this year. Several friends had highly recommended his teacher, Kate, from church. It was a semi-private lesson and was ideal for Westin. He wasn't terribly enthusiastic,and the new environment scared him. He loves our walk-in clubhouse pool and is totally comfortable in it, so it was good to push his comfort level a little. He learned the basics: blowing bubbles, floating, keeping legs straight while kicking, etc. By the end of the 2 weeks he was comfortable touching the bottom (of the shallow end), and swimming a short distance. Westin tried to negotiate with his teacher at times with, "Can I not bubble this time?" or "Can I touch this bottom (while pointing to the pool step)?" She would just say no and then he would do what she asked. He is definately an apprehensive child at times. Westin also liked to compare himself to animals while at lessons. His teacher loved animals when she was little and so she thought all his details about different animals were fun. One of his comparisons was to a poison snail, which he learned about on NOVA. The deadly cone snails, found in tropical waters, shoot out these little poisonous harpoons that can kill you in several hours. Homeland security actually studied them as bioweapons. Ahh the things we learn from having kids. Fortunately not everything is useless, like these cone snail fun facts.
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Whitney actually failed her first session of lessons because she did not want to put her head underwater. We decided we would just try to teach her on our own this summer and try lessons again next year maybe...
AWESOME...I was SO happy when the girls finally overcame their fears. Keep in another session or two and he'll let us throw him in when we meet at DL :)
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