Bill the Annoying

Damien first day of 4yr old swimming

March 9th, 2010 at 7:27 pm (Damien, Swimming)

Damien’s first day of swim class without a parent.

Damien was fine I on the other hand had to force myself to turn him over to the instructor at the door. Two of the other Mom’s decided to carry their child all the way to pool side, which only made the separation worse.

Damien was the most positive and fearless student. You could clearly hear him answer with an enthusiastic “YES” to each request the teacher had, like who wants to jump in the water, or who want to swim with a fun noodle.

The most fun for him was when he learned that he could bounce off the bottom of the pool, so that he was not in immediate fear of drowning.

He pretended to “fish” with the fun noodle while waiting his turn to swim. Then he got the other kids to join in. He hasn’t hit anyone yet, yet. Then he pretended to lose his noodle accidentally on purpose, just so he could reach for it and fall in on “accident”. Mostly so he could bounce off the bottom some more.

Damien swam back and forth, with his fun noodle, on his front and on his back, and didn’t panic or freak out, I was very proud of him; even though he was with the teacher all the time.

When it’s Cally’s turn, he tries to fish her out of the pool with his fun noodle as she swims back and forth.