Day 1

Today was day 1 of swimming lessons for my son. Let me just give you a brief summary of emotions my baby went through. He has been begging me not to put him in lessons because "he knows how to swim" per him... I on the other hand am not comfortable with the way he swims. He won't go any further than 3 feet and he looks like he's drowning when he's actually swimming. I am not comfortable with it and we have to do something about it.

D is the type of child that doesn't like surprises. He wants the truth, full details and explanations. I have been preping him for the past couple of weeks about what was going to happen today. He woke up nervous and anxious. He called me at work to pick him up because his head hurt. (Which is probably true but I know it was caused by nerves). When we arrived at the pool he threw up. I knew the worst had past. Once he does this his system goes back in place. I knew he would be fine. I had to explain again that they weren't going to put him in a position he was uncomfortable in. Well, he did because D actually knows more than what I thought and he can do more. The coach started him in 5 feet of water. Oh my, the look on my son's face, PRICELESS.

All in all he was comfortable with his instructor and is ok on going tomorrow. I even promised if he continued to put forth 100% effort I would let him buy something at Toys R Us. Let's see what happens the rest of the week.

Thanks for all the comments from my shopping spree. The skirt that everyone was raving about are actually bermuda shorts. I picked out the pattern because it reminded me of scrapbook paper. I tell ya, I even get for inspiration from clothes.

That's all for tonight. I'll be back with more swimming photos tomorrow. Goodnight.