dandelion baby

Oh boy we have been having so much fun. The weather has been super nice and I've got to go out in the field behind the house all the time. Two weekends ago, mama and I didn't have anything we had to do so we just spent that Saturday outside, blowing bubbles ("bubb") and picking dandy lions. At least I think that's what mama said they were called. That's kind of a weird name.

Hey, there's daddy!

By the way, this is my house.

My personal photographer was really "on" that day...

And then it was Sunday, time for swim class! Mama woke me up from my nap that day and said to hurry up and get dressed because it was time to GO SWIMMING!

I said YEAH!

We hurried up and got ready and went down to the rec center. I was so excited I could hardly stand it. Then we got in the building and it was really busy with lots of big kids that aren't normally there. And there was a baby from my class and her mama was at the front desk getting mad at the desk attendant. Mama asked what was going on and I heard the lady say that class was canceled because of a swim meet. I didn't know what canceled meant so I just stood at the desk smiling and shaking with excitement. Mama looked at me and rubbed my head, and I thought she was going to cry. She said there was no class today and I didn't understand still because didn't she already say we were going to GO SWIMMING!?

So after mama took her turn berating the desk attendant for not calling people to tell them the class was canceled, she said to me that I shouldn't worry, that no matter what, she was going to get me into a pool. It took a while but she found another pool that would have an open swim soon and so we went back to the car. We got into the car and started driving away and I pointed back at the rec center and said "...way?" And I felt really bad about it but mama felt worse for me. And again I thought she was going to cry. But she didn't.

So we went to the other pool and it was plenty fun. They had lots of floaty toys and balls and raft things that little boys and girls could float on if their mama or daddy was holding onto them.

When I had my fill, we got out of the pool and got dressed. We had a nice long warm shower in the dressing room; mama was tickling me and we were splashing. We got back in the car and even though I was feeling OK about things, I think mama still felt bad and we stopped at this wonderful place called the dairy queen. Mama got me a kids meal and a baby ice cream cone. It was awesome!

So all in all that day turned out pretty well too.

By the way, why does mama get upset when I drink the pool water? It doesn't even taste very good. Not like the bath water.