YMCA Week: Day Two

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Angel

OK! Day two and everyone is already overloaded. Yikes! However, I am hopeful that once we get into our groove we will all do much better. Just for kicks to add to the stress I am considering taking the kids to a Renaissance Festival on Saturday. We’ll see how we are all feeling by then, but it is free and they have never been. I went several times in my life and loved it!

Yesterday, I forgot to mention that Joshua made some friends. 

A couple of boys his age gravitated toward him and they played the whole time. Out of the three kids, Joshua is the most out-going and social. He does very well at making friends as long as they play something that he likes. Today one of the same boys was there. He also, tried to interact with Daniel yesterday. He asked Daniel questions several times AND Daniel responded. Daniel even showed him what door to knock on to ask the lifeguards for goggles. HUGE! Daniel’s usual response is to look at the kid, smile, laugh, and then, walk away.

I was very surprised and happy for Daniel. 

He seemed to feel good about it. Today the little boy came up to Joshua and Daniel and asked them to play. Joshua went off swimming with him right away, Daniel stayed next to me, as though he was not a part of the invite. I asked Daniel if he wanted to play too and if he did to go over to them. He smiled and went over to them. He tried, but was not sure what to do so he went off on his own again. He was ok with it. He does enjoy his alone time swimming. I on the other hand was elated for him. He has never done that and I could tell that he is starting to feel more comfortable being around boys his age.

Still he prefers to be around younger children, and BABIES trump everyone! 

Ariel is so excited too and she is happy to be in a class full of girls. Last night, she was requesting a sister again. Nope. Not. Nary. Never going to happen. ‘Nough said. It is good to see her enjoy herself and be happy with other girls. It made my heart leap with a bit of jollity when I dropped her off this morning and a couple of little girls yelled, “Ariel! Hi!” while running over to her. Her weekend gymnastics has been like that a little bit, but this class is great because it is a diverse group of about twenty. The atmosphere is positive as well so all around it is a great experience for her. (And me)

Well that is about it for today. 

It went good; I do have a little beef with the older male lifeguard who is going to get a serious attitude from me if he doesn’t stop with his anal whistle blowing ways. BUT I am focusing on the positives this week and will let it go. However, be forewarned if he does not stop his shenanigans I will have a post about me getting kicked out of the YMCA for tossing him right off his lifeguard chair. Not really. I like to fantasize about my uncontrollable self taking charge and tackling those who abuse their authority.  Kind of like the scene in High Fidelity. (Warning strong language and fabricated violence.) That is all.

Now I ask you to join me in a good evening dance YMCA. Wear a costume if you feel like it! 

YMCA Week: Day Two