opening day

today was the first day of swimming lessons. as i, of course, know how to swim quite well; i am meaning lessons for jackson.

this is the 3rd year of lessons for him. just after he turned four, we decided it was past time for him to have some official swimming lessons. through some of our west austin crowd friends, we had heard of ms. debbie. ms. debbie has given swimming lessons out of her home swimming pool for 28 years, and is the person to see when you need to be seen. nevertheless, we decided to hire her. i think our decision was based heavily on the fact that jackson's friend william was going to be attending a class at the same time. semi-private swim lessons on mt. barker road do not come easily. for just over 4 times the going rate at the city rec center, we secured a spot in her upcoming summer program. i'm surprised we were able to sneak into the neighborhood driving a bourgeois car like a honda.

as it turned out, ms. debbie is a fantastic teacher, and jackson loves her classes. we have not ever regretted the ridiculous cost of his lessons...well, almost never. he was "swimming" after only the first week, and i was duly impressed. each session has been very productive, and jackson really looks forward to the first of april when the spring swim season begins. this has paid off enormously because one of my favorite things to do is swim, and i love swimming with the j-man.

although this experiment in west austin private lessons has been a resounding success, we need to get jackson back to san marcos before he wants to learn something really expensive. like golf, or equestrian pursuits.