Just do it.

We went swimming on Sunday at a friend's pool and, though he never went under water, Miles had a blast and even jumped off the side of the pool to daddy. So I took advantage of his excitement and signed him up for swim lessons. The first was Wednesday. This is the kid who screams and wails about a hair wash despite having face and ears covered by a towel and careful water pouring. So in the pool we dunked him a couple of times and he screamed his head off. It was not pleasant. At all. But by the end he jumped off the ramp into the water. Then last night he ASKED to take a bath and didn't holler at all when Wayne poured water on his hair. So progress, maybe? We go back Saturday.

It was a busy Wednesday as we also had his 3yr checkup. He's 35 lbs & 39" (about 80% on both). He was a chatterbox, so I think impressed Dr B. It was his first "big boy" visit, complete with blood pressure, vision test and the old pee-in-a-cup routine. That part fascinated him. First, he did more that pee (ahem), then when I finally got the pee and put it in the little door he was full of questions. Where did I put it? Why? Who is going to get it? What are they going to do with it? Whew! We came out of the restroom and he announced, " I poopied!" which drew laughs (and cheers) from all directions.

After a long day, I asked him if he wanted ice cream (yes) then I remembered Raven's trip to the new cupcake place, so offered that alternative. He decided on a pink cupcake and so we were off. They didn't have pink, but had white with sprinkles (the Confetti). They were huge! and yummy! I treated myself to the Tuxedo - dark chocolate cake with vanilla butter cream frosting. Mmmm, mmm.

So now Miles has been telling everyone about going underwater, but not liking it. He even told me last night that he didn't want to go underwater again. But as "Mr. Ed" said, you don't have to want to, you just have to do it. I need to start telling myself that more when it comes to cleaning up the house.