Today we decided to take Talent to Seth's aunt's house to swim. Now, most people would think that this was no big deal. But, with my sweet child, this was a fight from the word "swim". He screamed and cried and argued. He did not want to go and swim. He was scared. He used every excuse he could come up with including, "But Redick will be worried about me!"
We finally got him in his swimming suit, sunscreened up, and out of the house. In the midst of all of the fuss, both of the responsible adults forgot to put on sunscreen, and yes, we fried. Anyway, we got to Seth's aunt's house and we talked Talent into getting close to the pool. I finally grabbed him and sat on the edge of the pool for a bit. Finally it was time for him to get in. I handed him to Seth and he cried for 20 minutes about having to be in the water and how scary it was. Then he realized it wasn't so bad. He finally relaxed and started "swimming" around with his Daddy holding him.
We stayed for a while and had a really great time. He wouldn't come to me for a little while when we were in the pool. He kept telling me he didn't trust me. I don't even know if he knows what that means. But, finally he decided he wanted to comes see me. He swam from one side of the pool and splashed all over the place. He had a blast. Tonight he has talked about nothing but going back to swim soon. He knows that his Aunt Booie has a pool and he can go swim there anytime he wants. So he is already asking if we can go and swim at Booie's house. We really need to teach him how to swim so I'm glad he finally came around to the pool.
