There aren’t a lot of activities that I intend to force my boys to do. Piano and swimming, though, are two in which they have no option. No choice. They will do both for years and years and they must accept that.
So far, only Ricky has begun piano. Let’s just say he complains less about yearly swimming lessons.
There are a couple of pools in the area that do summertime swimming lessons. I went with the one a little farther away this time. Several reasons made me choose that pool, but the top two: I could sign up online, months in advance, and they offered classes for Tommy and Rusty to be in without a parent.
I couldn’t get all 4 of them in lessons at the same time, but I did get three at once and Billy during the next time slot. For two weeks, we spent a couple of hours at the pool each morning. A huge plus for me, unexpected though it was, was that the boys all had adult teachers this year. Usually, we get high school aged kids teaching them. This was so much better, especially for Ricky. He showed fabulous improvement!
Rusty also did exceptionally well. So well, in fact, that his teacher signed him off on the class he was in and the next class up! I’ve got some little fish! Billy and Tommy did really well, too. I thought I’d get a lot of reading done while waiting for the boys to finish their lessons, but I had too much fun watching them swim!
