Still figuring it out...
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at 11:21PM Our rhythm in June, that is. Today we had music classes, at a different time and day than we've been doing for the past year or two. Had to switch for June to accommodate the swim lesson schedule. Yesterday, you see, Noah and Asher had their first swim lessons of the summer. It was a long day. For all that they both enjoyed themselves and the lessons themselves are going fine, something is definitely going to need to be done about my sanity on those days. You see, we're not morning people around here.
(Okay, more specifically, Nathan and Noah are not morning people to such an extent that it's affected our entire family and our entire schedule. Once upon a time, Asher and I were morning people. Then Asher started realizing that it just wasn't as much fun without Noah awake also (both at bedtime and in the morning), so he switched. And thus began our odd schedule that keeps our boys up till midnight and doesn't have much activity happening before noon.)
I digress. Because we're not morning people, the early swim lesson schedule (and most kid activities for that matter...why must everything be scheduled in the morning, by the way?) doesn't work so well for us. The boys opted instead for the twice weekly afternoon sessions...which apparently fill up very fast. Hence (and there's a longer story here that I'll spare you) we ended up with Asher in a class from 5:35-6:05 pm and Noah in a class from 6:55-7:40 pm.
Now, when you factor in changing one boy out of wet trunks and all and getting another ready for class, there's not really enough time to actually go anywhere between classes and I wouldn't feed them dinner right before Noah's lesson. It's 20-some minutes from home so that's not an option, and there really aren't any parks within walking distance. So. I need to find a way to entertain Noah and Micah during Asher's lesson and to entertain Asher and Micah during Noah's lesson and to entertain all three in between. The facility really just has the pool and the bleachers area (which is, um, hot and muggy...it's an indoor pool, did I mention?). Now, really, Noah and Asher aren't so much a problem as we can tackle school work there or just read.
But. I ended up lugging a bag of books, a bag for dry clothes and a bag for wet clothes around...down to the pool deck to deliver Ash to class...up to the bleachers...down again to collect him and take him through the locker room to get him dried off and dressed...out and about while we waited for Noah's class...to the pool deck to deliver Noah...up to the bleachers again...down again to get Noah and then through the locker room again. All the while, I had the two other boys in tow, holding Micah's hand as he refused to obey the "do not run" rule on the pool deck and needed steadying on the stairs. And, have you ever tried to convince a 2 year old to just sit with you for three hours? Yesterday we tried having the other two (and me) read to Micah and had his ever-present doodle board with him. I brought an "extra" school book for him to "work" on while his brothers did. We all went for a walk around the block. Still, Micah ended up entertaining himself in the drinking fountain by the end and went home soaked because I didn't think to bring dry clothes for the one boy who didn't have swim lessons. Silly me. ;)
Sigh. At least swim lessons are only twice a week and, for us this year anyhow, only for a month. And I know it'll get better as soon as we get a routine down. I know it's not really enough (the number of swim lessons), but that's all I have the endurance for right now, lol. :)
For a little comic relief, now that I've bored you to tears with my swim lesson story (sorry!!), here's a direct quote from Micah recently..."me belly's all very huge" (translation: "I'm full")...said with great drama as he stretches to display his belly and pat it in admiration. Such a character...
Reader Comments (1)
Good luck with the swim schedule! I need to get moving on that for my kids!