Swimming and Kung Fu Classes

Dear Logan,

Guess what, Mommy finally signed Aidan up for a swimming class.  This is just so long overdue.  I've been wanting to do that since he's 2 years old, but I keep on procrastinating.  Finally, at 5 years old, he is taking swimming lessons!

The purpose of this class isn't really to get him to swim.  I just want him to overcome the fear of being in the water and having water in his eyes.  He's just like Mommy, scared of water.  He doesn't even like water in his eyes when I'm washing his hair.  So, I signed him up for 4 classes through Sunnyvale Park and Rec.  Unfortunately, the last class coincides with March for Babies, so he can only attend 3.

I was proud and surprised that he wasn't scared at all in his first class.  He jumped right into the water, and participated without much fear.  Most of the time, he listened to instructions.  But he was also easily distracted by the little kids sharing the pools in the other classes.  Of course, it didn't help that Mommy was standing right there listening to everything and snapping pictures and videos.  His main issue in the first class was to keep one hand on the wall.  I reminded him of that before his second class.  He did a much better job, and I was far away so that I couldn't distract him with my presence.  He was more comfortable in the water, and in fact, too comfortable that he was kicking when told not to.  I guess he's having a lot of fun, and that's the goal of the class.  Next week will be his last class.  I haven't decided whether to sign him up for more lessons yet.  We'll see.

Last week, Aidan did a trial class at All Star Kung Fu.  A neighbor was thinking about signing up her son for classes and asked if we're interested.  We checked them out and it seemed fun.  So, today, it's their official class with uniform and all.  I have to say, Aidan was doing very well listening to instructions.  I was so proud of him.  He was doing everything that the teacher requested him, though not perfectly yet.  He wasn't too distracted or causing trouble.  Actually, another younger kid in the class was causing so much trouble that Aidan seemed like the perfect angel. It's also nice to have a friend in the class with him.  The boys are only a year apart in age, and get along really well.  Through this class, I hope Aidan can learn to stay focus, to be disciplined and take instructions.  We only signed him up for 3 months, so we'll see if we'll continue then.





Though I'm not a soccer mom, I feel that our weekend plans will have to work around Aidan's busy schedules with classes and birthday parties.  I don't want to overwhelm him with too much.  But it's nice to keep him physically active, so that he's not on the computer all day.  With this, I don't have to always try to come up with "fun" things for him to do every weekend.


Love,
Mommy