Me and Fabi Don't Like To Go Swimming

[poliphilo]

I don't like to go swimming- not in an indoor pool, anyway-  so the idea was I'd sit outside in the sun and read a book. When he discovered swimming involved getting wet Fabi decided he didn't like it either so he came out (screaming) to join me. At first I wished we'd brought a ball with us, but actually we didn't need it.  We had a grassy slope to run up and down, a branch with dead leaves still adhering that rattled when we shook it, another branch we made pretend was a walking stick, thistledown to chase, catch and  release and a drain cover with studs on it we could count- one, two, three, four. These things kept us going for about an hour- until Mama, Nanna and Christa were finished.

Comments

[baritonejeff.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you're a natural with kids, my friend! :)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[daisytells.livejournal.com]

You are very creative, Tony. Much more so than I am. Wow!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

The trick is to remember the kid is seeing the world for the first time so everything and anything is of interest.

I don't think I could have kept it up for more than an hour. I was really flagging by the end.