Swimming lessons for Hannah

Well the past two weeks have been fun for me. Since I have been staying

in the camper and pretty much not having a lot to do , I volunteered to take

Hannah to swimming lessons up at the city pool for 10 days at a half hour

per session. It felt funny being about the only guy hanging at the pool each

morning but I soon adjusted. It was fun watching all the kids in different age

groups taking to the water. I myself have never been comfortable in the water

if it was to deep and got over my head , for I never had swimming lessons and

never learned to swim and be confident being in deep water . Hannah went from

“not sure about doing that” to” I can do that “,It was fun seeing her learn to float

on her back and then gaining confidence to jumping off the diving board.
Hannah and Brook came back in the afternoon a few times to enjoy open

swimming and put what she learned to practice. I sure have enjoyed my time

with the girls this summer , my whole life I had to work and with that I missed

out on what the kids were doing, I was not there for the school concerts during

the day time hours, and any summer activities. The time I have had not working

full time has allowed me to receive a gift that I would not normally have gotten.
It was way cool getting to do the grandpa thing for in my younger days I was kept

busy with life’s demands and responsibilities to enjoy some of life’s simpler times

with the family and those days went fast. Now you know why children don’t

recognize their parents when they become grandparents ,for now they can slow

down and have a do-over with their grandkids, it only looks like their spoiling them.