50 before 4

Hi,
I teach swimming and all my swimmers are special. Learning to swim is never easy no matter how old or young you are. My challenge is to make the impossibility of swimming, possible. Some people 'get it' easier than others, and then there is Nicholas. He's a natural.

From the moment Nicholas hit the water six months ago, he was home. At three years old, he was ready to rock and roll in the pool. Ride a Styrofoam noodle? Giddy up partner! Blow bubbles? No sweat! Jump in and touch the bottom? Yippee, bring it on! He is a fearless warrior in the water. He also is the cutest thing in his cap and goggles, a true heart throb in a swim suit. Look out Michael Phelps, Nicholas is on the rise. Did I mention he's just three?

Today was a great lesson, Nicholas was in the zone. He has figured out going under water, blowing his famous bubbles and then coming up for air, then back under he goes, paddling and kicking his heart out. Flip him on his back and he Zen's out with his little feet motoring him along.

Have I  mentioned that he is three?

To top off his day in the water Nicholas blew me away. We started off at the far end of the 25 meter pool and he tadpoled his way the whole length of the pool. We did a few big 'jump-ins' and then he rolled onto his back and kicked his way back down another 25 meters. Fifty meters of swimming and he is three years old! Totally amazing! To put it all in perspective, I pointed out to his mom, five and six year olds in other lessons, barely dealing with being in the pool, going no where and needing floatie-belts. Her little man did a marathon compared to the other kids. Way to go Nicholas. Fifty meters of swimming and he won't be four years old for another two weeks.

50 before 4..... I just had to write about it.

xox
M