Thursday, June 09, 2005
Swimming Lessons (with special guests)
Grammy and Poppa came with us to Phil's swimming lesson this afternoon. Here's a bit of what they saw:
Anousha* and Gabe are the other students in Phil's class. There had been another boy, but he hasn't shown up for the past two lessons.
The shallow end of the pool is three feet deep. Phil and his classmates are 3'6"-ish, so they're out in the middle of the pool resting (okay, playing) on an aluminum table. It's a fairly ingenious solution; plus every once in a while Paige will swim under the table and surprise them from the other side.
Phil has two more lessons paid for. On Friday we can sign him up for another round of lessons (looks like he'd still be a Shrimp -- he has to master the "crawl" to advance to Clam status).
*(I'm guessing at the spelling of her name. Let's face it, for all I know "Gabe" is spelled Gaybe or Gaib or Gæbe.)
- Phil and his swimming instructor, Paige
- Forward floating: 1 2
- Backward floating: 1 2
- Practicing "Ice Cream Scoops"
(the freestyle swimming motion) - Towelling off with Grammy
Anousha* and Gabe are the other students in Phil's class. There had been another boy, but he hasn't shown up for the past two lessons.
The shallow end of the pool is three feet deep. Phil and his classmates are 3'6"-ish, so they're out in the middle of the pool resting (okay, playing) on an aluminum table. It's a fairly ingenious solution; plus every once in a while Paige will swim under the table and surprise them from the other side.
Phil has two more lessons paid for. On Friday we can sign him up for another round of lessons (looks like he'd still be a Shrimp -- he has to master the "crawl" to advance to Clam status).
*(I'm guessing at the spelling of her name. Let's face it, for all I know "Gabe" is spelled Gaybe or Gaib or Gæbe.)
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