Swimming and Ice Skating

Kit moved up a level at swim school. Yesterday, she dove to the bottom of the pool and retrieved a pink ring! She was very proud of herself.

Kit enjoys watching Kim Yu-Na (2010 Olympic champion in ladies singles) skate. Kit imitates her by skating across our floor at home. (She also likes Megan Sweeney on the USA luge team... I wish we had a luge course for Kit!)

Kit had her first ice skating lesson yesterday as well. It wasn't what she expected. It turns out that learning to skate is hard.

When she fell down she didn't cry but she suddenly realized that this isn't going to be easy. She sat on the ice watching other kids and adults falling too.

Afterwards Kit exclaimed, "My teacher didn't show me how to skate!" What she meant was, "I can't jump and spin like Kim Yu-Na."

We discussed how it is going to take a while to learn to skate, just like it took a while to learn the ABCs and how to count to 20. She must start at the beginning and practice every week.

Kit's new schedule:
Mon: Fun with Mom
Tue: Full-day school
Wed: Swimming and ice skating
Thu: Full-day school
Fri: Fun with Mom