The Swimming Ballerina

Tuesdays are going to be fun for us for the next couple of months. We wanted to sign Darcy up for a couple of city-run programs to help keep her active during the winter months. We wanted ballet (which we wanted her to do with her best friend, Alisa) and the first level of parent-free swimming lessons. Both ended up being on Tuesdays.

The swimming class was offered in two different formats, a 1:4 ratio or a 1:6. I would have preferred the 1:4 but the locations and time for that were terrible. I didn't want to be trekking to the other side of the city with both kids in tow for a 9:00 class. The only one I could get at the nearby pool was a 1:6 ratio on Tuesday mornings. The only ballet class Jerilee could get to work for them was on Tuesday evenings. So, here we are.

We're just back from the first swimming class. It turns out my concerns about the ratio didn't matter. She had the same instructor from the parent/child class she just finished (who she loved) and there were only two kids in the class. Morgan said a third is registered. So we get at most a 1:3 ratio for the price of 1:6. Cool.

The other little boy doesn't speak very much English so his Mom stayed by the side of the pool translating for him while his Dad and I just sat and watched and laughed a lot at the two of them. At one point Marc let go of his noodle and started to go under, but Morgan was there in a flash and Marc was fine, just a little nervous after that. Morgan is reaaly good at getting the kids comfortable again after they get a little freaked out. Because Morgan knows Darcy and her comfort level in the water he got her to demonstrate lots of stuff for Marc and she loved that. Darcy swam across the pool on her own with a noodle today, and she was very proud of herself. She's already a better swimmer than me.

I'll have a full report on ballet, complete with pictures tomorrow!