Swimming
I love going swimming, it's just getting there that I don't like. Today was 98 degrees and I don't think I stopped sweating from 9:30 until 6:30 when we finally got to the pool. I'm also a nervous ninny when it comes to my kids being around water. I really try not to freak out, but there's so many kids to keep track of and my head doesn't swivel 360 degrees. But besides that, I decided to put the anxiety behind me and we packed up and headed to the pool.
We got the swimming diapers on Ammon and Joshua. We got everyone in their bathing suits. I squeezed myself into my suit (I must say I looked like a fine, blue sausage), and we had shoes, the bag, the pool cards, the towels, the extra diapers, wipes, and swimming trunks, keys, and everyone had been fed. Ready, finally!
So we got there and I really thought since the day had been so hot and I had been so hot, the water would be refreshing. It was actually kind of cold. We divided up the kids:half to the baby pool, half to the big pool. I only asked for 15 minutes in the big pool so I could swim a couple laps, and, um, take a turn on the water slide (my most favorite, unashamedly, water activity EVER!)
I thought since I had been carrying Ammon around in that car seat and holding the chunky monkey all the time, I'd have some better upper body strength, but boy, it was hard to do 3 laps in the pool, and it was like there was a current or something in the pool I had to swim against. Maybe I need to do this more often.
The last time we went to the pool Joshua was just a year old and he's grown a lot. He had no fear about putting his face in the water or jumping off the side or crawling through the "deep" part of the baby pool. Hannah actually jumped off the diving board. Hannah wants to learn to swim so I was trying really hard to show her how, give her pointers, spot her a bit on Saturday night, but thank goodness it was in 3 feet of water because I think she would have drowned me. Glad I wasn't the only one thinking that because she almost pulled Curtis under when he caught her off the diving board. Simeon was doing really good too and must be related to his mother because we can't peel him off the water slide either. The boys have learned to swim, somehow, and do pretty well for not having swimming lessons. Even little Ammon splashed around in the water.
For all the trouble it's worth, it was still nice to get out of the house and do something as a family. This week is supposed to be really hot, so maybe I'll make that extra effort to get out and go more.
We got the swimming diapers on Ammon and Joshua. We got everyone in their bathing suits. I squeezed myself into my suit (I must say I looked like a fine, blue sausage), and we had shoes, the bag, the pool cards, the towels, the extra diapers, wipes, and swimming trunks, keys, and everyone had been fed. Ready, finally!
So we got there and I really thought since the day had been so hot and I had been so hot, the water would be refreshing. It was actually kind of cold. We divided up the kids:half to the baby pool, half to the big pool. I only asked for 15 minutes in the big pool so I could swim a couple laps, and, um, take a turn on the water slide (my most favorite, unashamedly, water activity EVER!)
I thought since I had been carrying Ammon around in that car seat and holding the chunky monkey all the time, I'd have some better upper body strength, but boy, it was hard to do 3 laps in the pool, and it was like there was a current or something in the pool I had to swim against. Maybe I need to do this more often.
The last time we went to the pool Joshua was just a year old and he's grown a lot. He had no fear about putting his face in the water or jumping off the side or crawling through the "deep" part of the baby pool. Hannah actually jumped off the diving board. Hannah wants to learn to swim so I was trying really hard to show her how, give her pointers, spot her a bit on Saturday night, but thank goodness it was in 3 feet of water because I think she would have drowned me. Glad I wasn't the only one thinking that because she almost pulled Curtis under when he caught her off the diving board. Simeon was doing really good too and must be related to his mother because we can't peel him off the water slide either. The boys have learned to swim, somehow, and do pretty well for not having swimming lessons. Even little Ammon splashed around in the water.
For all the trouble it's worth, it was still nice to get out of the house and do something as a family. This week is supposed to be really hot, so maybe I'll make that extra effort to get out and go more.
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I have 3 boys and I know exactly what you mean by having anxiety with them around water. It helps when they get older - but I don't think mamas ever outgrow the mama heebie jeebies with their babies around water.