Idlan's First Lesson

Since joining his new school, Idlan felt that he was left behind in two aspects; swimming and music. Most of his classmates were able swimmers and almost all of them can play a musical instrument. It ended up being rather intimidating when he was having PE lessons especially around the pool.

Last week, Anita asked for names on the apartment Facebook page if anybody knew of any swimming instructors. She got a name and made a few phone calls last week. Idlan was keen, so today he had his first lesson.

5 pm on a Sunday was just about right. It would mark the end of his weekend while making him tired enough to hit the bed early for school the next day.

He hit it off very nicely with his coach and they spent the first half an hour on breathing exercises. Idlan was very happy in the end and hopefully in the coming months, swimming in school would become less intimidating.

And now we had to do something about music. We had problem arranging somebody to teach him drumming in school since he had to skip class to do so. We were still trying to figure out the best way for him and it sounded like we may to engage a teacher to come over to the apartment as well .... Unfortunately Dad can't teach him...

All Tanned Up

After dipping in the pool bathed in bright sunshine for a good 90 minutes, Idlan actually turned dark. And this was despite a good amount of sunblock .....

You could almost make out the tan line on his thigh. And Idlan spent the whole Sunday showing them off at home.

Swimming in Sunshine

Idlan would definitely turn into a prawn tonight. It had been hot and sunny before when Idlan had his swimming lesson, but it had never been this hot. Buy at least it was nice and breezy in shades where I was at.

We decided to leave Anita and Irfan at home and it was just the two of us for swimming this time. And as Idlan missed the lesson last week - with Anita still in the ward - the lesson this afternoon would last for a couple of hours.

I slapped up plenty of sunscreen, but I doubt that those would be enough to do the trick. Therefore, we would have to cope with a slightly tanned up Idlan for the next couple of weeks.

More Swimming

It was a really got day yesterday and as usual, Idlan went to the Club for his swimming lesson. Smeared with the strongest sun blocker Puan Anita could fine I was sure. Luckily, by the time he hit the water, the clouds was already in, and even though it was still hot and sticky, it was more bearable.

Since he missed last weekend's class, he had to make it up this afternoon. A Sunday afternoon? I need some down time! But Idlan was thrilled with the idea and there was no talking him out of this one.

Hopefully, it would not be too muggy. I'll probably have some down time during lunch today. The swimming won't start until Kate afternoon.

Have a good weekend everyone.

Graduated

After a couple of months worth of lesson, Idlan finally graduated. To using flippers. He was allowed to ditch his floater and for the session yesterday had been zooming around the pool with his new tools.

His love affair with it didn't stop there. He made sure that his name was printed on the pair of flippers after he washes them at home. Now he's looking forward to next weekend's session. Bless him ....