first swimming lessons

 Walter spent the entire class asking when he could go down the slide.  Incessantly.  When it was time for the slides, the teacher asked them to walk one at a time to the blue (smaller) slide.  The first boy went down the blue slide.  The second boy walked to the top of the blue slide stairs and decided at the top he couldn't do it.  Walter asked the teacher why he couldn't do the yellow slide.  She said "You think you want to do the yellow slide?" and was fully expecting him to get to the top of the stairs and chicken out.  I knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that Wally would go down the yellow slide without hesitation.  Teacher Lexi was surprised, but this mama wasn't!

Mr. Fritz was the only kid in his class, so he enjoyed a private lesson with Teacher Lexi.  He was a bubble blowing machine!  We do so many things all together, it really is hard to remember that Fritz is not the same age as Wally.  Rarely does it cross my mind that they are not the same age and should not be held to the same developmental standards.  This boy is so physically coordinated, I know we will spend the next 15-20 years on the side lines watching him excel in sports.  It is his lot in life as the younger of two Irish twins, to push himself to the levels of the brother before him.  It is truly an amazing thing to watch your children be exceptional.  

PS.  I am the farthest thing from a parent who thinks their children are exceptional in all arenas.  (I spent enough time as a teacher being completely annoyed by such parents to never want to be one.)  Let it be known that both of these boys had massive tantrums, MULTIPLE times today and left me in despair at what a terrible job I must be doing as a mother....  But as Wally said to me today..."I love you Mommy.  And you love me very much.  Even though I have been very naughty today.  You still love me."  Amen.