Friday, October 5, 2007

Little boys don't keep

So today lil' J and I found ourselves with an unusually free morning--free of any commitments: no where to go, no one to see, nothing pressing to do (I decided I can fold the laundry tomorrow while I listen to General Conference), so we decided to spend the morning in the pool--yay!! When we first got in, I thought I would have a nice little work out while lil' J hung out on the baja step lobbing super soaker balls at me while I swam laps...it's worked before so why not today?
Good arm lil' J!-- (taken on a previous day)



Well, a "little" workout is exactly what I got because today the ball lobbing didn't last beyond a handful of laps. Once lil' J was done soaking mom, he moved on to hitting balls off the t-ball stand into the pool.


Nice hit!--



After "T-ball practice" lil' J decided he would finally get in and swim. Up until today "miming" for lil' J consisted of holding onto mom or dad with a death grip while furiously kicking his feet. Today lil' J did something he's never done before, he voluntarily released me from his death grip and let go of me to swim on his own (he was wearing his life jacket)!! He swam down the length of the pool and back--multiple times!! I asked lil' J if he was a "fishie" and he answered, "no, I boy!" I then asked if he was a "little fishie-boy" and he answered, "yes!"


My little "fishie-boy"--

Okay, so not getting a good workout in today was totally worth it because watching lil' J enjoy himself was so much more fun!!

3 comments:

Natalie said...

How fun... I think moms should just resort to chasing their kids around for our workouts... So what if we aren't a size 6 - We are having fun watching our wandering children, right?

Bonster said...

That looks sooo fun, and J is growing so fast! How awesome

EstesSBTAK said...

That sounds like great fun to hit soaker balls into the pool with a bat. Maybe we will try that too! :-) I cannot believe how big J is... so cute too! Thanks for your fun posts and pics. Love ya!