Note: The child in the pool is not mine. My husband and I are baffled at this. We both love to swim, but it is a major accomplishment to get our oldest to want to partake in this activity. He'd rather...I don't know...fish for other children. Or, go to the dentist, eat broccoli, or get a shot. Okay, that might be stretching it a little bit...
At the defense of my youngest child, it was my fault he was not in the pool. I remembered everything I needed for him -- swim diaper, swimsuit, sunscreen, towel, flotation device -- except his earplugs. Tubes in the ears are a real bummer! He probably would have been in the water for hours had I not destroyed his chance for "swimming". Although you can't tell it in the picture, there was was water in the tether ball tire, so he was still a happy camper.
To my oldest's credit, he did actually GET IN the water after awhile (yep, still fishing). I think it lasted for about three minutes, and the picture shows how much of his body ever got wet. If anyone out there has great advice for how to get a child to love swimming, I'd love to hear it.
I'm already starting to lose sleep over the fact that swimming lessons start next Monday.
