Water Babies class was much easier tonight--Dennis only screeched "NOOOOO!" half as many times as he did last week. He was happy to chase the rubber duck around the pool, swimming very well with his arms and legs (held up by Mommy, of course). He climbed out all by himself a few times, and he nearly jumped in. I don't know why I expected him to jump into the pool since he still can't jump up and down. Instead, he kind of leaned over into the pool into my waiting arms. Allison went with us tonight and I'm sure the teacher was relieved that he was in a better mood this week. We didn't tell him we were going to swim class until just before we got there, and he'd had a nap and a snack just before. I used every Mommy trick in the book to try and encourage a happy experience. I think he likes the class, I just think he wants to make the decisions himself rather than being told what to do. When the teacher asked him if he wanted to go under water, he stopped yelling and said "okay" and looked at her and waited for her to dunk him. He did great!
Tonight we were making fruit baskets for a picnic/memorial service that we're going to tomorrow and Dennis sampled watermelon and strawberries and grapes. He probably would have kept eating and eating if bedtime hadn't arrived! He kept saying "want more watermelon!". The way he says watermelon cracks me up--it sounds like "wah-mewwon".
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