Current Tally:
Lunch In: 6
Lunch Out: 0
Tuesday
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Breakfast - apple sauce, granola bar
Lunch - Tuna with cheese
snacks - banana, dried cranberries, cheerios
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We were spoiled the last 2 years by a reasonable private swim instructor at our pool. Cheap, GREAT, and so convenient!!!
BM is completely fine. HE could maybe learn/improve with group swim classes. HE doesn't really need anything at this point.
Poor LM. Though he can be very timid, he is VERY gung ho with the pool. No fear, but any swim skill he had was forgotten. (Last year, he went from fearful to little fish, in just 4 days).
I was going to probably just sign up the kids for group city lessons. But was thinking about it today. I kept telling everyone the private lessons were really more effective, so cheaper in the end any way. If you only have to take one week of classes every summer, to become a sufficient swimmer...
SO, I decided to look what is around.
Interestingly, a client of ours, offers year round indoor pool lessons.
It's $150 for 5 lessons (I think it was $100 for 4 lessons, with our other instructor).
It's a bit out of the way, but being indoors is a big plus. I remember melting outside, last time BM took group lessons in July.
So, now I just have to sell dh.
I think LM needs enough learning that it will be worth a week of private lessons.
OF course, while there, it's probably worth it just to sign BM up, too. Might be his last year of instruction. I am sure LM will learn faster this year, and maybe could be his last year too - if he practices all summer.
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There is also a dirt cheap summer camp at the park down the street, that BM really wants to go to. We were wary last year, with the heat in summer. (I suppose it is cheap because it is outdoors??). BUT, heard great things about it.
They might not have enough people this year, so decided to go ahead and sign up. Will aim for 2 weeks at $30. It equates to less than $1 per hour. Kind of hard to beat. I suppose it's not a huge loss if it gets 100+ degrees and we decide to keep him home some days, too. Dh and I are still not sold that outside is the best place to be in the summer. But we aren't from here, either. The kids are used to it I suppose.
Summer Activities
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In fact, once we all get home from Seattle, the first thing we are doing (I have already talked to YD) is to sign sweet granddaughter up for lessons at the local public pool. Luckily my neighbor wants to take her daughter, who is about 6 months younger than granddaughter.