A Lack of Style....

We have three swimming complexes at our compound.  Each one has a name and the current favourite is termed "Leo's Pool".  It is the least exciting of the three but it is the warmest.  On Saturday it was 27.9 deg C, a tad frigid for these climes but workable if you keep moving.  The swimming pool provides endless fun if you love "kicking around" with a child and have nothing too much better to do with your time (ha ha ha).

Teagan has not yet been taught to swim.  That is a task that we have already booked for our six week stint in Dunedin during July.  She will have one week of intensive tuition one-on-one and I have been preparing photos as I attempt to describe her swimming level in an email to the poor instructor!

She is an exceptionally confident mover within the water.  Depth does not worry her and she has no fear of jumping from a diving board or being left in the middle of the deepest part of a pool.  However, she does not take unmanageable risks.  Teagan can do a "pretty good" Starfish to keep herself safe but getting into the correct position from water treading is like watching an elephant dance.  To propel herself to a certain point involves underwater movement bursting through the top of the water for a quick gasp of air and to expel a series of words that have been thought up in her oxygen deprived moments underwater - these words a supposed to make sense to the supervising parent.  This method, as breathtaking as it is to watch and slow to follow, does allow her to move the full length of the pool (possibly 20 or 25 m).  Normal swimming style is clearly not present but she has formed a kind of fish-like agility.  This is why an intensive one-on-one session is needed.  Can you somehow instill some kind of human swim within her?

Attached are some photos from yesterday, diving, starfishing and attempting to teach her father how to do the starfish!