（日本語は後半にあります）
【English】
This week, my younger son had swimming lessons twice—on Tuesday and Thursday (today). These were make-up lessons, as we couldn’t attend during late March to early April due to other plans.
Although he does have a bicycle, it’s still a bit too big for him, so we walk to the swimming school. At first, he would throw tantrums every time, saying, “I want to go by bus…” but I suppose he gave up after realizing that I wouldn’t take the bus unless the weather was really bad. Lately, he doesn’t say anything anymore😅
It’s been a year since he started swimming, and now he can swim about 10 meters using the crawl stroke. Currently, he’s practicing backstroke. He still doesn’t seem to have any friends in his class, but he’s interested in swimming itself and seems to find learning to swim fun. I’m grateful that he never resists going to lessons.
I was watching him practice from the gallery, but it was quite exhausting today because the gallery was so noisy. Kids were running around screaming, moms were chatting loudly… And the little boy who kept jumping onto the leaning bar I was using, stomping his feet on it—it was so irritating because of the vibrations. Yet the mother occupying the sofa seat right in front of me didn’t say a word. I wanted to move, but there weren’t any other free spots, so I had no choice but to stay on the same bar until the lesson ended.
After the lesson, we walked home again. The weather wasn’t great today—cloudy skies and a damp wind blowing. When we got home, my older son was already back from school, and he said he decided to join the brass band. Last week, he had said, “There are barely any boys in the brass band, so maybe I’ll go with the table tennis club,” but apparently he went to a trial session of the brass band today and had such a great time he forgot the time.
I had heard that brass band club activities continue until around fall of 9th grade, so the activity period is longer than that of sports clubs, which might make balancing it with high school entrance exams more difficult. I’m a little concerned about that, but ultimately, the most important thing is joining a club that he truly enjoys.
Today, I walked over 7,000 steps going to and from the swimming school. I’ve been feeling a bit out of shape lately, so I’d like to be more intentional about getting some exercise!
【Japanese】
今週は火曜日と木曜日（今日）の二回、次男のスイミングがありました。3月末から4月上旬にかけて他の予定が多くレッスンに行けなかったため、その振替分です。
次男は一応自転車を持っていますが、まだ少し大きいため、スイミングスクールまでは歩いていきます。当初は毎回「バスで行きたい…」と駄々をこねていた次男でしたが、悪天候でもない限り私がバスを使う気がないのを知って諦めたのでしょう、最近は何も言わなくなりました😅
スイミングを始めて1年、次男はクロールで10メートルほど泳げるようになりました。今は背泳ぎの練習中です。相変わらずクラスに友達はいないようですが、水泳自体に興味を持っていて、泳げるようになることを楽しいと感じているようです。レッスンを嫌がることがないのはありがたいです。
ギャラリーから次男の練習風景を眺めていましたが、今日はギャラリーがうるさくて少々くたびれました。奇声を上げて走 り回る子ども、大声で会話するお母さんたち… 私が掛けていた腰掛バーに小さな男の子が飛び乗ったり、上で足踏みしたりするのでその振動が鬱陶しくてたまらなかったのですが、目の前のソファ席を陣取っていたお母さんは全く注意せず。移動しようにもほかの場所があいていなかったので、レッスン終了まで同じバーに掛けているしかありませんでした。
レッスンを終えると、再び徒歩で帰宅。今日はあまり天気は良くなく、空はどんより、湿った風が吹いていました。家に帰ると長男も学校から戻っていて、部活は吹奏楽部に決めた、といいます。先週、「吹奏楽部には男子がほとんどいないから、卓球部にするかも」と言っていたのですが、今日吹奏楽部の仮入部に行ってみたら時間を忘れるほど楽しかったとのことで。
吹奏楽部は引退が中3の秋頃になるため運動部より活動期間が長く、高校受験との両立が大変になるかもしれない、という話を聞いていました。その点はやや心配ではあるものの、楽しいと思える部活に入るのが一番ですよね。
今日はスイミングスクールの往復で7,000歩を超えました。最近また少し運動不足なので、意識して歩くようにしていきたいです！
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