SW2

Swimming Week Two:
As you can see... he's hating it. Cries every time I tell him we have to go. Clings to me and sobs on the steps leading down to the water. It's a mess.... he's a mess. It's horrible.  Fine. I'm lying to you. He loves it. screams and giggles when I tell him he gets to go back. He's just giddy. Today he basically had a private lesson. Thirty minutes of one on one time with an instructor. Our hair never made it officially underwater. But many of our face parts did. That's a start.

I've decided to bribe him. I bought him new goggles and told him that they were special goggles that talked. I held them to my ear and pretended that they were talking to me. Then I told him they would talk to him if he went under the water. He didn't buy it. Today I told him I have a special prize for him if he goes under water. He wanted to know what it was. I told him it was a surprise. But! It was something he had been wanting recently. His eyes lit up and he said... "an iPod?"   **sigh** Nope. Just a sticky hand. Oh well... we'll see tomorrow if the bribe works.  Probably won't. I mean... if a cute female swim instructor can't get him underwater... what makes me think a green, slimy, sticky hand will?