Time

Time is such a hard concept for kids. Yesterday Evan had a little experience where he realized that he couldn't simply start over. What happened, happened. It was too late to try again. We were on our way to swimming lessons and he realized that he forgot his "baby" (his teddy). He fell to pieces and begged me to go back. Since we were already leaving later than I wanted too... and since he didn't need his teddy bear to swim... I said no (I am such a mean mom). He wasn't too happy about that and insisted that I turn around. Well, lets just say that his tears didn't stop when we got to the pool. He refused to go to his lesson. So he missed it.

Later, on the way home, Dallas was with us. Evan told him that he didn't get in the pool today. I talked to Evan and explained that now he only has 3 days left of swimming lessons with his friend Carly. He said... "No! I have 4 days left!" I had to explain to him that he missed day 4 and now he only had 3 days left. He was so sad and quietly said... "I want to start over..."

Poor kid :( I wanted him to start over too. Maybe then he would have remembered his darn bear and the day would have been so much more enjoyable for the both of us.

I had to explain that we can't stop time, and we can't start over. The day was done and swimming lessons were over. Lucky for him, today he remembered his bear.... and he had a great time.

These pictures were from their first day of swimming, last week. They have two days left and they have loved it! Kiah was slow to get into it. The first week she stood around and waited for a teacher to show her exactly what to do. This week she jumped right into it. She isn't afraid to get her head wet and she loves to pretend to be all the different animals. Today she was sad because they went to the bigger pool with the life jackets. She wanted to be in the little pool and pretend to be a mermaid... :)

Evan isn't scared to get in the water... but he hates getting his head wet. He is the only one who won't dunk his head under the water. At first the teacher got him to stick his chin in and then on Monday a different teacher got him to put his face in. He had a bad day last Friday when it was cold outside. He refused to move away from the wall because he was so cold (and I can't blame him!). Other than that he has fun and enjoys the water. He is quite silly and loves to swim. He does get a little stiff and nervous when it comes to floating on his back or getting his head wet. Today he had fun with the life jackets... but he was nervous to jump of the side of the pool. Tonight we are going to take the kids swimming and hopefully get rid of some of their fears of the water. They are taking another session of lessons next month, so hopefully they will have the chance to learn a little more.