Quint teaches me about swimming

Our one major activity besides school is swimming.  I am eager for the boys to swim, and to love it.  I know the lader may not occur, but learning to swim is a safety issue...and I can hope...right?

    Admittedly, I love the smell of chlorine so I don't mind going.  

I have been a bit discouraged, because it didn't seem like there was much progress this fall.  

But tonight, Quint swam!   

I mean it was doggy paddle, but he did not sink!   I was over the moon.  I tried not to make too big a deal because Russell is not there yet, but I did praise Quint for his hard work.  

I said "Quint I saw you were swimming today!"  

He responded "yes!"

I said "you did such a great job with your swimming arms"

He said very confidently, 

"mom, you know that is called the front crawl."

I smiled to myself and thought "you don't even know"

but I responded...."oh interesting....your front crawl was so great"

{Grin}