Ahoy!

I signed Brendan up for 8 swim lessons, at the tune of $55, at the Woodstock Water Works.  It was a parent-tot program, where I got in the water with him.  We sang a lot of songs, worked on bubbles (B was clueless on the concept of blowing), played with toys, floated on our stomachs (this was okay), floated on our backs (this was not okay), and went down the kiddie pirate water slide (too many times to count).  Overall, I think it benefited Brendan and me.  he got to see other little kids in the water and got more exposure in the water and I know some things I can do with B when we're in the water, to help him even further.  We only ended up going to 6 of the lessons (sick and out of town), but it was still worth it!  On the last day of lessons, they allowed both parents to swim and we had free reign over the whole park.  I took B down the big curly water slide and he was indifferent.  You could tell he was unsure about it because he couldn't see the end and because we weren't going fast enough, he likes fast slides (who doesn't!?).  So we went on the "wheee" (as Brendan calls the mini pirate water slide) 50 times.  We even tried sending him down on his own, he doesn't quite understand the physics of a slide yet, that he needs to sit straight up and forward ever so slightly, so it didn't go too well.  We're going to the water park after his afternoon nap today, it should be interesting to see how he does with a lot of people around!