The swim lesson saga continues... Tonight was our last night this week. We still have Mon-Thurs of next week. I'll be so glad when this is over. It really takes up our whole evening with showers and such.
I won't bore you all with too many details. I will regale you with heroic tales of cleverness!
They played "the penny game" again. The lifeguards threw pennies in the water and the kids were supposed to pick them up. Well, obviously, you can't pick them up unless you go under. Ah, ah. ah. Not so fast! Not unless you are one of MY girls!
Alpha is blessed with long arms. She would get her mouth in the water, but not much else. She found several pennies that way. Beta's method just takes the cake! She found a penny in the shallowest part. However, she still couldn't reach it. So tonight, she just stuck her foot on it and drug it on the bottom of the pool up into the VERY shallow end and then reached down and got it. One of the lifeguards was trying so hard not to laugh. She picked it up, looked over at us, and said, "I got a penny!" We yelled back, "You're cheating! You're supposed to get your face in the water!" It didn't phase her. She was as happy as a clam. (on top of the water, of course)
So, um, Gramma? Are you available for some private swim lessons? This is one of those times we really need to live closer. Perhaps you could convince the girls to put their faces in the water. I'm not sure we can. Although tonight, Jim said he was considering bribing them to do it. This is a desperate man! He never likes to bribe them. I guess we'll just see how next week goes.
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find another younger person to teach them... a neighbor, church youth group, relative/friend... someone closer to their own age who is a natural teacher. Or a teen that is a life guard. Kids respond to other kids soooo much better than adults!
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