First, it was just the youngest, Ziggy, learning to swim. He was beginning at the beginning, so it was slow going for awhile but he is now a pretty good swimmer.
Now, the older two, Magpie and Kay take swimming lessons, too. They took lessons a few years ago, a splendidly splendiferous experience which is mainly now just remembered as the reason we now still call Kay "baby fish," because instead of trying to learn to swim she would pretend to be a baby fish. Ah, good times.
But last summer, at sleepaway camp, indignities of indignities, Kay was forced to take "instructional swim" while her friends splashed about carefree as well, baby fish, in "free swim."
Making the goal between now, and the time the camp bus pulls out of Times Square at the end of June, for the girls to swim just well enough to pass their test.
The instructor is aware, as the girls have told them in no uncertain tween speak, "we don't care AT ALL about swimming. Like, AT ALL. We just need to pass the camp swim test, so we need to make sure our breast stroke in in synch, that was what they said I failed for last time." "Yeah, and I have to learn something called... the sideways stroke."
So, Sunday mornings we swim. Not for safety. Not for exercise. Not for the joy of the moment.
That's right, it is entirely for the camp swim test.
I just hope they pass.
3 comments:
Ah, this post reminds me of my childhood days when I used to take swimming lessons. Hmm, I just realized I haven’t swum for an year. I am surely going to go swimming this weekend – I was lucky to find a dissertation formatting service at affordable prices and have sent in my dissertation for formatting to them, which means I will be free this weekend, and this is the perfect opportunity to revisit my old hobby.
swimming is the best thing for every child I think And every child should get swimming I have loved it since childhood I remember my day a picnic when I went with all my college friends because we had exams finished. in these exams, I took help dissertation help websites service Which was a good Proven for us.
"I love how you blend personal anecdotes with valuable information. It makes your posts relatable and enjoyable to read.
b2b portal development"
Post a Comment