Living in Florida means that we are surrounded by water. We’re in Orlando, so I’m not talking about the ocean. I’m talking about our neighbors. Seems like every house in FL (except ours) has a swimming pool. We opted for a big shade tree that our young boys wouldn’t drown in.
Our neighborhood also has public pools. Not 1, not 2 but 4 pools for our boys to beg* to swim in.
*BEG (verb) To whine and plead for hours; to use a tone and pitch of voice that runs up your parent’s spine and into their brain like a jack hammer until they collapse into a fleshy puddle on the floor and say, “Yes.”
Then they do a “Starfish float”. That’s when Sarah hold’s their head and counts, “1 starfish, 2 starfish…” while they float on their backs.
A few times, when Sarah was helping Zeke with his Starfish float, she laughed. I never understood why until I did some Starfish floats with Zeke after class to practice. He’s still really nervous to hold his hands out, so he reaches back to grab something…anything…to hang onto. “HONK!”
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He is adorable! We do have the BEST swim instructors in the community. It’s a good thing that Sarah has something to “hold” onto or Zeke would never get in the water. HaHa
Better not let your son have an accident in the pool or you’ll be berated on the Front Porch and chased after with the “Pitch Forks” – TeeHee
Amen, Sista!
Hello from the north! My son is also in swim lessons. The other day while pool side, I was chatting with parents. We talked about how many of us had kids that were in the same level for the 3-4 time. Oy! Starting to think that just tossing the kid into the water may work better.
We may be looking into private lessons since this is not working. My son knows how to work the system. He will flip the teacher out by clutching, “honking” by mistake, and avoiding face/head in the water.
Happy swimming to Zeke.
Hey, Beth! I’ll send ya Teacher Sarah…she’ll have your kids swimming in no time. She’s the “swimming kid whisperer”.
Smart boy you have…figuring out how to “honk” his way out of putting his face in the water!