My Forgetfulness

On Monday BJ and I were absorbed in a computer project during the kids' quiet time in the afternoon. I glanced at the clock and remembered something that I can't believe we forgot: Toby's first swim lesson was starting in 8 minutes! Oops. Toby had been asking daily about swim lessons, and we all got so lost in our projects that we forgot to leave! In our rush out the door we forgot the camera, so there aren't pictures for this week. We'll remember it for next week.

He and I high-tailed it over to the pool and made it for the last 1/2 hour of his swim lesson (thank goodness I knew where his swimsuit was!). There are 10 kids in the class for 2 teachers. They each have a flotation device buckled around the chest. They hang on the wall in the shallow end and take turns "swimming" to the teachers. This seems pretty simple, although I don't know how much Toby's going to learn about how to swim other than "try to not drown." After class I talked to the teachers who said Toby did a really good job and when I expressed concern about the size of the group they said two kids were moving to a different group. Eight seems like a slightly better number, but I had thought the class was capped at six. We'll try it for one more week and then reevaluate and see if there's a need for us to move to a class with a smaller enrollment.