Penelope just started the "Ducklings 2" swim class this week. Now when she goes underwater at class, something they do about three times in a class, she comes up and says, "Mama! Mama! Mama!" in a pleading/worried tone. After a few seconds, she chills out. and happily starts splashing and smiling again. It's hard not to feel really bad, smiling and dunking your kid, only to have them plead with you with the one word they know. It's so much more personal. Like, "Mama, why are you doing this to me?!". None of the other kids can talk, so they usually frown or cry.
They say it's still pretty normal for the kids to still be getting used to going under and holding their breath. The kids are fine, they just kind of end up holding their breath too long after they've come out, and look panicked because they're holding their breath. Then they start breathing again a second later and remember, " Oh yeah, it's okay".
Anyway, Penelope still does enjoy all the other parts of swimming. The splashing. The songs. Interacting with the other kids. And even afterwards when she's cold, when I'm changing her, she doesn't get grumpy.
It's been pretty on-and-off rainy in the last few days. Magically, whenever I'm leaving wherever I am, that's when the rain starts to pick up. Between that and Penelope having a cold, we've just been taking it easy this weekend.
Michael's birthday was this week. We just had a game night with a few friends, and tomorrow we are doing dinner and an escape room in his honor. It will be Penelope's first - we will see how well she does. I don't think too many other people bring babies to escape rooms, since they can only take away from your attention on a timed task, but we figure, why not.
Since I got an Uncle Tetsu's cheesecake for Mike, and a friend brought one over, we have had a delicious surplus and have eaten some the last three days. Too much cheesecake is a good way to start a new year, I think.
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