We had more fun at swimming lessons last night thanks to a trip to the pool on Sunday. Reid was comfortable enough to participate right from the beginning, which was good since we started by discussing our costumes (two chickens, a frog, a bear, a cow, and a dinosaur) and then making the sounds their animals make. Interestingly enough, cows don’t sound the same in French as they in English. Our teacher had us play a sort of hybrid between follow the leader and Simon says where each kid got to decide what the class did while we went around in a circle. We blew bubbles, “floated” the kids on their backs, “swam” them on their fronts, spun them in circles and more. It was fun because:
1. the kids had no idea when they were leading;
2. the parents near the end of the line (like me) had a bit of panic in their eyes trying to figure out something novel for the class to do;
3. the kids don’t actually do much for themselves other than blow bubbles – we parents drag them through the water in various positions for the most part; and
4. the teacher pretending my first three points aren’t true makes the class interesting for the adults and that makes the class better for the kids.
It was time to register for the next session last night and I was trying to figure out if we counld get in Monkey’s class again but he doesn’t know when he is teaching. Drat! They do that so parents don’t follow a particular teacher, I guess but he’s been so good!