Swimming and More Reading

Last week we joined the swimming pool at the Radisson hotel in Chelmsford. The hours are much better than at the Y, and it costs only $400 for the whole year for the whole family. Manisha has taken the kids there twice already. Supriya is making steady progress and enjoys the water with her snorkel & the noodle. Aseem is still too scared and clung to Manisha the whole time today - but at least he is getting himself into the water.

Supriya went in for 2 sessions of swimming lessons, but they kept going at their own pace and she was really miserable. Since we started the no-pressure, have-fun-in-the-water family swim time, Supriya has made very good progress (I am sure the alert reader will not miss the obvious lesson here!) and is now swimming like a fish (albeit with her head above water). With her enormous upper-body strength, I can definitely see her going far in the competitive swimming arena if she wants to.

Supriya read a few pages of "Put Me in the Zoo" a while ago. It is slow going, but she is keeping at it.