Reading Buddies

We finally had good weather on Sunday! So Wm and I got to go out and play some tennis in the morning. Wm had a GREAT time and he said he loves tennis. He goes, "it's literally impossible to be bored!" Then, when Steve got home from work, we went to the pool. Wm was a little weird at first and I was kind of nervous that we'd have the same thing as last year. And I also realized I had been overly optimistic about how quickly everything would go down. But I am still hopeful that the kid will be able to fall in water and not die by the end of summer. For our first trip, we managed to get Wm to bob his whole head under water for a nanosecond (A FIRST!) After a loooooong negotiation and many failed attempts. But - HE DID IT. I came home with an ear full of water and a sunburn, but we are making baby step progress toward conquering Wm's strange water phobia! We have agreed that he will try and go under again this weekend, but stay under for the count of 3. Fingers crossed!

Wm was reading and Schroeder was very annoyed about being ignored. So he laid on the cuteness thick and captured Wm's attention. 

IGNORED.

Hey, Wm…check out how cute I am! Look at me!

Buddies. SUCCESS.

While at the pool….

Wm: Your stomach is wrinkly. 

Me: What?

Wm: You have a lot of wrinkles on your stomach.

Me: Oh, these? 

Wm: Yeah. 

Me: Those aren't wrinkles, Mr. Poophead.

Wm: They look like wrinkles.

Me: They are called stretch marks. You get them when your skin is forced to stretch quickly. Guess what would have happened to my stomach that it grew and stretched so rapidly I got these marks?

Wm: Sigh. I know. Me.

Me: BINGO! Thanks for that.

Wm: They look like wrinkles.

Me: Battle scars. 

Wm: Hmmm…

Me: Your fault. 

Wm: Wrinkles.