Return of the Water Babies

Swimming class started again on Saturday.  I didn't find out about it until Friday afternoon.  I thought it would start more towards the end of the month.  But it was a nice surprise, and it gave us something fun to do this weekend.

I was a bit off my game Saturday morning.  Once again I was reminded of how lucky I am to have Punky at home instead of daycare.  There's rarely an occasion when I have to get us both up, dressed, fed, packed, and out the door early in the morning.  And let me just say, it's no easy task.

It would help, of course, if I could be a responsible adult and get out of bed when the alarm rings the first time.  I'm a snooze button junkie.  I had it set for 6:30 that morning...knowing I needed to shower (really to shave my legs) before getting Punky out of bed.  I finally got up at 7:30.  We needed to leave by 8:30.  The race was on...

When all was said and done, we left the house only five minutes late but then road construction set us back even farther.  Class began at nine; we got in the pool around 9:10. 

Last session, the lifeguard really didn't teach anything; it was just an hour of free swim.  This time, they plan on teaching for half the class.  Let's face it, there's only so much instruction babies can take, so most of it was just singing songs, kicking their little feet in the water, and bouncing them around a bit.  They wanted them to try to put their little faces in and blow bubbles, but it didn't go over well in this age group.  I thought Punky would do it...but she didn't.  Probably because mama yells every time I see her do it in the bathtub or her little pool.  It scares the crap out of me.

All in all it went well.  I'm glad we have something special to do together every week and she truly loves every minute of it.  When we got out of the car in the parking lot of the gym, she knew exactly where she was and what she was there to do.  She flashed me one of those smiles of anticipation and giggled her hiney off while we walked to the door. 

Now if I can just get my ass out of bed a little earlier for the next nine Saturdays...