Waterbabies

So everybody told us we should do "Waterbabies," a swim class for kids from 6 months old on up. Sounded like fun - Rychen P. was experienced, could already go under water and jump in, and loved water. But recently he had been showing more interest in crawling around the sides of the pool... Oh yeah I should have taken that into account. So we started the class, and he just had no interest in it whatsoever. The shallow pool was full of cute veteran kids who had been doing this all their lives. They followed the instructions superbly. They laughed at the songs, splashed, blew bubbles, dove in, and basically did what their parents encouraged. Rychen Parker? "Nah, I'm good, Mom." Yeah he was more interested in the Lifeguard's stick, or in that little blow-up killer whale on the ceiling. But not enough to look at it from a back float.... so yeah 8 classes of that, and now we can say we've done the Waterbabies thing. (okay so he did enjoy himself, mostly.)