K2 and I - A Work In Progress

We signed the babies up for swimming lessons and yesterday was lesson number one. If you are a regular reader of the blog, you'll remember our first foray into aquatics with the young ones. It wasn't a stellar performance on our parts.

We thought we were well prepared.  We had packed a bag the night before and stuffed it full with diapers, towels, swimwear, flip flops, and sleepers for afterward.  See?  Totally on the ball.  I told K2 I wanted to be on the road by 4:00 for the 5:00 lesson.  We arrived at the venue at 4:20 and decided to sit in the Jeep until 4:30 when we would make the trek to the change rooms (the babies had fallen asleep on the way and we thought we should allow them to sleep a little longer before taking them inside). At 4:30, we grabbed the babies and headed into the aquatics center.  As we walked, I looked back at K2 and asked him to make sure he grabbed the bag 'o swim stuff.  He stopped dead in his tracks.  I knew...at that moment, I knew.  We had forgotten THE BAG!  Ugh.  We did not have enough time to travel all the way back home to get the bag, so we put our problem solving caps on and made some alternate plans.  I would take the babies into the center while K2 would go to a nearby Wa*lMar*t to buy two towels and two sleepers for the babies.  As he drove away, I realized that neither of us had our swimsuits and wondered if K2 would realize that as well (we don't each have a cell phone).  Nope.  He returned with the towels and sleepers, but without a swimsuit for himself or for me.  So, back to Wa*lMar*t he went to get himself some trunks.  I told him that he could take Pea swimming and Chick and I would sit out this week (she had a bit of a fever before we left anyway, so it was best that she not swim). 

When all was said and done, Pea and K2 entered the water at 5:08pm.  A little late, but at least they experienced the lesson.  Chick and I watched from the sidelines and it was fun to see Pea and K2 splashing in the water.
The best thing about the whole experience was that we were able to laugh at ourselves for forgetting.  I think a lot of couples would have snapped at each other, blamed each other or would have given up and gone home.  We are a work in progress, but that's okay.