My son earned the distinction of being the only child I know who has had to be rescued by a lifeguard at swimming lessons.
Benjamin has absolutely no fear of the water, and he jumps all around on the table that they put out in the water for the kids to stand on. As I was watching him during class, he was hanging on to the table with one hand and kicking the water everywhere, diving under the water on the table, and jumping up and down on the table. His two teachers told him to sit down and stay on the table several times, but he just kept messing around. I said to Elisabeth, "Your brother is going to fall off that table if he doesn't stop." Obviously the lifeguard thought so too, because he got down off his perch and walked around the pool to stand on the deck next to Benjamin's class.
Sure enough, soon he tumbled off the table backwards and sunk down into the water. His teachers didn't notice, but the lifeguard jumped right in after him and pulled him up and put him back on the table. (It was kind of funny to watch Bill - the swim coach - have to jump in and get wet. He was filling in for someone, and you could tell he wasn't excited to get wet) Everyone was worried that Benjamin was going to be scared or cry or something, but he was fine. He just continued with the class. Afterwards he told me that it was just like he was swimming - like a whale. I asked him if the lifeguard pulled him out of the water, and he answered, "No, I jumped back on the table." He's a crazy kid. But I'm glad he's okay, and I'm glad the lifeguard gets to do something exciting once in a while! :)
My son earned the distinction of being the only child I know who has had to be rescued by a lifeguard at swimming lessons.
Benjamin has absolutely no fear of the water, and he jumps all around on the table that they put out in the water for the kids to stand on. As I was watching him during class, he was hanging on to the table with one hand and kicking the water everywhere, diving under the water on the table, and jumping up and down on the table. His two teachers told him to sit down and stay on the table several times, but he just kept messing around. I said to Elisabeth, "Your brother is going to fall off that table if he doesn't stop." Obviously the lifeguard thought so too, because he got down off his perch and walked around the pool to stand on the deck next to Benjamin's class.
Sure enough, soon he tumbled off the table backwards and sunk down into the water. His teachers didn't notice, but the lifeguard jumped right in after him and pulled him up and put him back on the table. (It was kind of funny to watch Bill - the swim coach - have to jump in and get wet. He was filling in for someone, and you could tell he wasn't excited to get wet) Everyone was worried that Benjamin was going to be scared or cry or something, but he was fine. He just continued with the class. Afterwards he told me that it was just like he was swimming - like a whale. I asked him if the lifeguard pulled him out of the water, and he answered, "No, I jumped back on the table." He's a crazy kid. But I'm glad he's okay, and I'm glad the lifeguard gets to do something exciting once in a while! :)
2 comments:
Wow! So glad that lifeguard was on the ball! What a fish that Benjamin is!
That's crazy... good thing the lifeguard was watching. He's fearless;)!
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