Learning to Swim... the Journey

Okay... so I only have two more days of swim lessons, so I thought I'd introduce you to a typical day at lessons. Okay, the first five minutes... (Mommy can't exactly take pictures in the water you know.) When we get to the pool area, I have to sit in a chair. I'm not allowed to stand and wait for Mommy due to past adventures (that I shall not detail here.)

Here's a small example of WHY I have to stay in the chair... let's just say... I'm FAST!!

I go down the wheelchair ramp.... (my right food just hit the water in this picture)

... and RUN into the kiddie pool. This is where I play until my teacher is ready for us. She comes and meets us here and tells our Mommies what we'll be working on that day.After I run in a circle around the kiddie pool, I then drop to my knees and CRAWL around the pool.Then I dip and SPLASH and twirl... SPLASH! SPLASH! (I do this for a while.)Sometimes, I even show off my bubble blowing skills. (One day last week I showed my teacher this and she was quite surprised, as I had adamantly REFUSED to do this just the day before.)Here I am with my teacher. We're on our way to the big pool.

A bunch of stuff happens next... blowing bubbles, singing songs about speckled frogs, laying on our backs, me screaming, scooping ice cream, floating the lazy river, a facination with pool equiptment, me throwing a temper tantrum, kicks, bubbles, floating, refusing to do what the teacher wants... yada yada... and of course, I cry because I have to get out of the water.

Then I dry off!

Swim lessons... OUT.