another sad situation….today was O’s first swimming lesson. It was another sad day for "unAP"ed children. There were two children there whose parents were forcing them to swim and they were crying and really quite traumatized. I was so glad that O cheerfully jumped right in and even went underwater (once…ha ha). she did great. even if she hadn’t though, i definitely wouldn’t have forced her to go in…it was really quite sad…
On a happy note, it felt really fantastic to be just with O again. At first it felt kind of foreign and then all the feelings came back from when she was the only child and my baby and i wasn’t so irritated with her for (pushing her sister down) this or that. I should scratch that last comment. I mean, we all have our good and bad days and all in all, she is really quite a fantastic big sister!!
anyway, it felt awesome to be able to just hold her and play with her and have some QT time. (on a side not, the pool was 5 feet deep and I am only 5′3 so mostly I was trying to stand on my tippy toes and keep our heads above water:)) I think she has gotten quite a lot out of it also because she hasn’t been clingy and whiney like she has lately. She seems to be going through a phase where she really needs attention and is jealous of all the attention that Eve is getting so this seems to be coming at exactly the right time!
oh yeah, did i say that Eve is walking? Yep, she is walking more than she is crawling now. it is really cute. she holds her little arms out to you whenever she walks anywhere and i say she looks like michael jackson on thriller or a little frankenstein. she is also our little monkey. yesterday she pushed up her riding toy to the little refrigerator and hoisted herself up (she has amazing upper-arm strength) until she was crawling across the stove. It reminds me of Raven’s little boy and I am keeping my fingers crossed that I won’t find her on top of the refrigerator some day!
