Friday, November 07, 2008

Melina's swimming classes

Melina has been taking swimming classes every Tuesday and Thursday at the local pool. Unlike her previous classes, I don't have to go in the pool with her, which is nice. There is the option of sitting in the hot tub and watching the lessons from there, which is also nice.

Melina seems to love swimming. She is very enthusiastic about putting her head underwater (she even does it in the tub), but slightly less so about blowing bubbles, which is a prerequisite for the next step up - Penguins (she is currently a goldfish). I need to get her to practice blowing bubbles in the tub. She has to do it for five long seconds, which is actually a long time to blow bubbles if you try it.

I like the idea of her learning to swim so young. We're around water enough that Melina really needs to learn how to swim. Then someday we can take her sea kayaking!

1 comment:

Jess said...

My uncle was a competitive swimmer, even asked to be on the US Olympic swum team (I think he took some fellowship in England instead). He got his kids in the water as babies, not sure when they learned to swim but probably by 3 or 4, and they became competitive swimmers too.

So, they're never too young. But also my uncle's family are all overachievers, so I take it with a grain of salt. :)