Last Day of Swim

This morning the kids had their last swim lesson of the session. We did the morning to get it out of the way and to give us the rest of the day for whatever. Dillan got out of bed every morning and put his suit on without issues. Leah was different. She must have changed her suit at least once every morning. Sometimes to a different suit, sometimes back to PJs. Once we got to the pool, however, she was fine and would stay in her class. The last couple days she insisted she had to use the bathroom more than once during her class. I saw right through it, but the teacher's aide would obediently bring her to me each time. Little Staynker!



So I was looking forward to the end of lessons, just for a break!

On the last day the teachers give out cards with a checklist of all the skills they worked on during the 2 week session. They then give their recommendation for what level to sign up for next (the same or move up). I didn't look at the cards until we got home. Leah's was what I expected, since she's only 2, although she did have a check by all the skills on her card. I expected Dillan to stay in Level 1, since the other kids had been older and seemed to have more coordination. I was surprised to read that his teacher bumped him up to Level 2! He had done all his skills and done them well. Even backstroke! He seems to really like swimming on his back, even though he can't swim in a straight line (Must get that from me. It's totally overrated anyway), but that could come later.



I think he caught onto my excitement when I was reading his card because he says he wants to sign up again! He said he was sad it was his last day and wants to do more! So now the dilemma is do I sign both of them up again? I'd have to push Leah to get there, and work the system to get her into the class again because of her age. But if I didn't sign her up and she had to sit next to me on the deck and WATCH, would that be agony for the both of us?

Plus I was pretty honest in my parent evaluation, although I'm glad my kids learned some things and it was an overall great experience. BUT one of the instructors had her Starbucks cup in the pool with her while she was teaching her class! More than once! She wasn't my kids' teacher, but if she had been? Oh I definitely would have said something OUT LOUD and not just on paper. My other complaint was the lifeguards who were on duty. One played with her cell phone during lessons and another I'm positive had fallen asleep more than once.