This week Sydney has started swimming lessons and each time we leave Gavin has cried. Monday, yesterday, and this morning. I can't decide what he is sad about (if it's leaving Sydney or leaving the pool), because yesterday one of her teachers kindly invited him to join them. The teacher in me didn't want to interfere with her lesson, but when she asked him if he wanted to swim as well, he responded with a very sad "yes." So we went in there and he wanted nothing to do with it, and that's pretty much how he has been last summer and this summer. Very standoff-ish near water, will skirt around the edges, loves to splash it but hasn't really shown any interest in getting in the pool or getting wet for that matter. So we excused ourselves and for the rest of the lesson we watched by the fence. :)
However, after nap time yesterday, I told the kids we were going to play in our little pool. Both were excited, and I was shocked when Gavin stepped right in. He's never done that. Soon after he started stomping around making splashes...then he pretended to be a dog and laid on his belly (another jaw-dropping moment for me!) and so it went, him playing in the water having a blast with his sister! I went to pick some tomatoes and when I returned his whole head was wet and he was grinning from ear to ear! Maybe this 100+ degree heat had that effect on him, who knows. I was just loving the fact that he was letting loose and trying new things and having FUN in the cool water! They were entertaining to say the least and it was pretty easy to forget how hot it was while I was watching them enjoy themselves!
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| Sydney is pretending to be a humpback whale....Gavin is pretending to be a dog...I think! |
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| Silly girl! :) |
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| He was a little worried about his pruny hands! |
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| Oh how I love this little face! |
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