(June 20th-July 1st)

A friend an I decided to put the kids in swimming lessons. Swimming lessons are a little foreign to me, since we all learned by swimming across the shallow end of Grandma and Grandpa’s swimming pool. Since I am a newbie at actual lessons, she found some for our kids at a reasonable price. It was even an indoor pool so we didn’t have to worry if it was raining or not.

The first day, I had to coax Jameson in the water while trying to keep Ella out of it. There were 5 kids in his class, 3 boys and 2 girls. One little boy quit coming or switched classes, because he didn’t show up again. The other little boy was a pain, though. He would come up with an idea, and Jameson and his friend Abby to follow. Then, they’d all get in trouble. I’m not saying Jameson didn’t do some on his own, but there was an instigator usually. After the first day, Jameson had no problem getting in the water.

By the end, he was jumping in the pool with his life vest on by himself, and then kicking his way to the side. The last day, the kids were standing in line, waiting to jump to their teacher, and the other little boy was taking to long apparently. Jameson gave him a little shove just as he jumped, speeding up the process to take his turn. I didn’t feel to bad. That kid got what he deserved.