Swim Kids

Summer + Arizona + grandpa doug + dad = travis needs to learn how to swim!

Everyone knows that there is nothing more refreshing then jumping into a nice cool pool (well dont go too late in the day in AZ, otherwise its bath water) but when you have a child that doesnt know how to swim, it makes pool time not too fun.

So CSP and I got tired of "floaties", holding him and being afraid that he is going to fall into the pool, so we enrolled him into swimming lessons. We have enrolled him into Swim Kids USA (http://www.swimkidsusa.us/) and bless their hearts they should have charged me triple to handle our son.

So let me give you a play by play on what happened. First of all Travis loves the pool, and is not afraid of it at all, which is the scary part, but anyways, I took Travis to get his new swim suits and he picked out two of them, both very “cool” according to him.

this is my fav...

very cool

We go to Swim Kids, he sees the pools and the kids swimming in them, and gets very, very excited. Then comes time for his first swim lesson. In each group there are only 3 kids to an instructor which is very nice, but with our son… we need 3 instructors just for him!

It starts off good, he blows bubbles in the water, yet I know he can do better than what he did, he tries kicking as his instructor is holding him, but then IT happens. Travis FREAKS out! He is placed on his back and the instructor is trying to teach him to be calm and to float on his back, but Travis is not having it. He keeps saying that he is going to drown… and CSP and I can’t help but laugh. I know, I know laughing at Travis is not always funny, but it’s funny to see how others react when he doesn’t listen.

It gets better, the instructor puts him on the outside of the pool, to jump in, and Travis takes off running to CSP. One he is running around the pool and second he is running to CSP thinking it’s funny. I am hiding my head, thinking why me, the instructor is getting frustrated and Travis is trying to tell him what HE is going to do. Eventually he jumps in, again I KNOW he can do better than that! By the end of the lesson, CSP is embarrassed, I am annoyed and the instructor looks like he is dreading the words coming out of his mouth “Travis see you next week”.

Don’t get me wrong ever, I love and adore my son, but, big BUT, he does not listen. I know we are the only ones to blame, but one would think that he would listen better if mommy and daddy aren’t around, so next lesson, we will not be by the pool, but standing on the outside… fingers crossed he gets this swimming down before the summer is officially here… better yet, say a little prayer for all of us, even the swim instructor....