Fish in the water

 Hi Kapus,


Last week, we started to take you to the Swimming pool in our apartment complex once again. Due to cold weather in Bangalore, the best time to swim is between April and June and since you had Summer Camp in April, we decided to make sure the month of May is your time for swimming


Ok, lets be honest - at the age of 4, its very rare for a kid to swim. its more like spending time in the water and getting accustomed to it. Playing with the other kids around and simply having a good time

So, we went ahead and got you a brand new full length Speedo swim suit, googles and cap and after a few trials we finally let you enter the pool 


You went in without any sort of reluctance. The pool is one place where you have entered without any hesitation even last year in Goa. Maybe all that time spent in our bath tub at home helped you understand what to expect - but the Pool is a different matter all together and you took to it very quickly


Infact, in just your second session, you leaned on the wall of the pool, lifted your legs and started to splash it - this is basically the first step to swimming and I have very happy and proud that you did it all by yourself

At this stage, I dont know if you will take up swimming and be good at it, but as Amma said the other day, "She is like a Fish in the water"..


Until next time

Dadoo

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