Swimming, Swimming ...

All three kids have been taking swimming lessons again this summer, something we believe is not a matter of sport or fitness as much as it is a matter of safety. Luckily, none of our three have ever had a fear of water, preferring to spend more time under it than above it listening to their instructors.

During one class last week, the instructor had the long rescue hook in the water, the pole touching the bottom of the pool. The kids were supposed to hold on to the pole and swim down as far as they could. At the end of class, Milo approached me on the pool deck, a suspiciously huge smile on his face. The kind of look that almost screams, "guess what's different about me!"

"What?" I asked.

"Do you notice I'm extra wet today? That's because I had to swim to the bottom of the pool!"

Happy sweeping!

Kathleen Gunther
Editor, ContestHound.com