We are so proud of our boys and I am continually surprised by the things they do and say.
We went swimming again yesterday after work and school and suddenly Billy can swim! He jumps in for one of us to pull him up, and then he turns himself around and swims to the side with his face in the water. He repeated this over and over until the pool closed last night.
When the whistle blew for the 5-minute "sunscreen break," he walked to the diving board and asked "is it my turn?" Since he cannot pull up for breath mid-swim, yet, the answer is still "no," but my estimation is that he will conquer the diving board before the end of the summer (if not by the end of this weekend.) This child is goal-oriented.
Eddie continued to jump, belly-flop, and corkscrew off the diving board. "Hey, Mom! This one's called a cannonball!"
When we were sitting out for the break, he yelled to the lifeguard, an athletic early twenty-something. "Hey Emily, how much longer?"
Did he know this girl? Even more surprising was her reply. "Two more minutes, Eddie!" Noticing our puzzled looks, she explained that Eddie had introduced himself to her.
Later, I was playing in the deep end with Eddie and showed him how to stand on the side of the pool, lean forward, and fall in head first. Sixty seconds later, Eddie had mastered diving.
"Emily, watch me dive!"
"I'm watching, Eddie!"
We went swimming again yesterday after work and school and suddenly Billy can swim! He jumps in for one of us to pull him up, and then he turns himself around and swims to the side with his face in the water. He repeated this over and over until the pool closed last night.
When the whistle blew for the 5-minute "sunscreen break," he walked to the diving board and asked "is it my turn?" Since he cannot pull up for breath mid-swim, yet, the answer is still "no," but my estimation is that he will conquer the diving board before the end of the summer (if not by the end of this weekend.) This child is goal-oriented.
Eddie continued to jump, belly-flop, and corkscrew off the diving board. "Hey, Mom! This one's called a cannonball!"
When we were sitting out for the break, he yelled to the lifeguard, an athletic early twenty-something. "Hey Emily, how much longer?"
Did he know this girl? Even more surprising was her reply. "Two more minutes, Eddie!" Noticing our puzzled looks, she explained that Eddie had introduced himself to her.
Later, I was playing in the deep end with Eddie and showed him how to stand on the side of the pool, lean forward, and fall in head first. Sixty seconds later, Eddie had mastered diving.
"Emily, watch me dive!"
"I'm watching, Eddie!"
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