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A Bear in the Water

9/12/2010

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This week at Paid Humiliation (i.e. Swimming Lessons), Brian donned the suit and I sat on the sidelines.  It was nice knowing I was going to have to face the Bikini Babes or throngs of men clutching their children  while fully dressed. I brought the camera along and decided to play photojournalist during the event.

First...nervous anticipation. He really does look nervous -- I think his little toddler brain was trying to take in all of the sights, sounds, smells, and movement. He even passed up the Nutri-grain bar we offered him pre-swim (and he never passes up a Nutri-grain bar.) And no, I was not worried about that old wives' tale about not swimming before you eat. The kid doesn't actually swim - he bobs in Dad's arms. Well, most of the time.

And so, here's Paid Humiliation...from the Bear's perspective.
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Scared Bear
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Oh my...
After a brief pep talk by Mom, I managed to deal with my nerves and joined all of the other kids in the water. We splashed around a little and eventually made our way to the wall and practiced jumping in.
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Wall Bear
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I'm swimming! I'm swimming!
Time to practice kicking. Or in my case, laying on the water.
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Oh, hi Mom!
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Shark Bear
They even made me practice holding onto the wall...ironic since I just learned that word last week.
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Yup, that's my chubby arm
And finally, we did my least favorite activity - I had to let go of Dad and hang out with the instructor. She was a little over-zealous and appeared to take great joy in plunging me under water. But Dad was waiting on the other side and that made it all good. 

I think I handled it well.
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Excuse ma'am? I've changed my mind
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It's too late? Wha-? Ahh!
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::blubblubblub::
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I'm up! I'm good!
So as you can see, I survived. And I learned that water is fun and hanging out with my dad is even more fun.

Best of all, I came home to lunch (mmm! Cheese!) and my na-na. I love my na-na.
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Fuzzy Bear
When do music lessons start?
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Kian F link
5/11/2021 07:02:05 am

Nice bllog you have

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