As one of my Christmas presents from Rich was a Mommy and Me swim class.
It is at this little swim lesson place in Richmond. Here is the awkward part. There is only one mommy and me class and 4 other classes every half hour. Every saturday I go and get into my swimming suit and wander around the waiting room while all the fully clothed and made up parents get to watch (I am sure they are watching their children, but I feel like all eyes are on the one chic who didn't get the memo about appropriate attire in public). I try to wrap the towel around my waist while I shove our ridiculously large amount of stuff in the locker, chase Charlotte, try to grab Charlotte before she opens the door to a changing room, grabs the merchandise off the wall, or runs into the business office. I say try to wrap the towel around my waist, but I am sure you can imagine how successful that is. The last lesson I went to was particularly awkward because they changed the time to my class and didn't tell me, yet all the other parents from the class got the message. Not only was I the ONLY adult in my swimming suit (which feels an awful lot like being naked when you are the only one wearing one), but I got to spend an extra half hour enjoying the glory of it. I finally went to the desk and asked what was going on and she cheerfully informed me that they had pushed the class back and I only had 10 minutes left. The little jerk probably got some kind of sick pleasure from watching me live out one of my nightmares (yes, I often have nightmares about going to work, church, school, etc....naked, in my underwear, shirtless, pantless, in my pajamas etc). Finally, 3 other moms showed up in their swimming suits and I felt much more normal! PS There will be no pictures of us in our suits. :)
With all of that you think I would dread the day, but it really is my favorite part of the week!! I love to get one on one time with my baby girl. I am definitely the overly excited/proud parent in the class. I get kind of squeally and I kiss on her face every time she follows an instruction. I just cant help myself! She has such a fun little smile and she is learning so much. OKAY...I know I should stop gushing about her, but it is just too hard to suppress it!
