Alia and Kyra went to their first swimming session on Monday. After talking with some friends and family reflection, Eric and I decided to register the girls with Mallard Swim Team. Both girls surprised us with their successful tryout session (we had never seen them swim like that before since they usually 'bob' or play in a pool). We calculated it would be cheaper that registering for swimming lessons and, frankly, we were not too impressed with the local swimming lessons the girls took last year. Can't learn to swim in a bathtub folks! Poor Alia would take two strokes and then reach the wall. No wonder she could never swim farther than two or three arm pulls!
Since I was busy with taiko practice (big concert on Sunday), Eric took the girls to the pool. He came home and recounted how impressed and proud he was of both girls. They swam for an hour, did several lengths of the pool and even started to learn how to dive. The girls loved it. They got to use their fins for part of the session. (Yes, we were asked to provide pull-buoys and fins for training purposes!) Alia and Kyra also got to see their friends from school (who's parents introduced us to Mallards). They swim with a different group but were in the lane next to their group.
I can't wait until Friday when I get the chance to go and watch the girls swim.
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