In the Swim!

For those who don't know him, Gibson wants to be a diver when he grows up- he knows at least five breeds of sharks, at least that many of Whales, and several other fish, mollusks and the like. Well, we have tried to encourage this as much as possible- but the biggest thing we haven't really quite helped with was SWIMMING. Up to this point, he has had mostly traumatic experiences with pools which included nearly drowning while on a trip with my dad, and multiple dunkings while at a hotel with friends. So when I was looking for a schedule for a local pool, I was shocked to find out they still had openings in their toddler parent and kindergarten swimming lessons!!

We signed up both kids and hoped that Gibson's terror of the water wouldn't rear its ugly head!!

We'll we were soo lucky on that aspect. Gibson jumped in and took off! His kick is still a little sloppy, but I was AMAZED at what he could do and what he was willing to try! His teacher was a swim team Junior Thom, with an eyebrow ring, (Gibson asked him immediately about that!) and Gib responded to him beautifully. When given the opportunity to take a second week of lessons, the teacher requested him as a student again because he liked him.

Of course, whenever Thom asked Gibson to jump in the pool, he always did a cannon ball and that makes you pretty unforgettable!

However, we didn't have as much luck with little miss. We all showed up in swimsuits and goggles on the first day, and the director was a little confused by us being there. it turns out that her class had been cancelled, but we hadn't been notified. Of course by this point we are all dressed in swim gear, she's watching her brother paddling around, and she's screaming "wah-wah! mommy! Come! GO! Wah-Wah!!' I exasperatedly looked at Kurt, the director- yet another guy in charge who is at least 12 years younger than I am- and say-"if i stay out of the way, can we swim on the side of the pool?" He agreed and Laney was happy! HOWEVER! Trying to get all three of us showered and back home and then make dinner and corral these kids to bed is QUITE a hurtle. I ended up most days pawning Laney off on various people. Also, getting a WICKED sinus infection/Allergy attack during these two weeks of Swimming really encouraged me to NOT get into the pool!

OH and BTW- one of the people I could pawn Delaney off on was her daddy who happened to be home because he got 4 warts lazered off of the bottom of his feet that week and he is STILL hobbling three weeks after the fact!