We had 4 days of hyperventilating tears last week as I attempted to force my child to participate in Level 1 swimming lessons at the Beach, Downtown Naperville.I could have pulled him out after the 4th consecutive day of tears, but being the MEAN Mom that I am and the frustrating fact that he swims like a fish at my Mom's pool (with arm bands), I forced him to deal with it. Is that so mean?
We changed it up a bit and decided my mom would take him without me (and by Friday I was burned out from the hysterics almost forcing Mark to take a morning off from work just to take him!) for a final attempt and the little stinker.... didn't shed a tear!! Unbelievable. Now the last two days, my Mom & Dad took him and he proudly showed off his new swimming skills without a single tear. I guess some things are not Mom things...
The first picture, is the 1st day trying to 'coach' his group into the deeper water
Happily splashing his teacher, the day my Mom took him
Zach & his friend Emma (also in his class) enjoying playing after class
1 comment:
too funny Sara. I've been noticing a certain whine factor that increases at times when mom's around too. I'm glad you stuck with it, and such a smart solution! What a mom!
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