Seeking the formula for parenting

Blogger Content: September 2006 - April 2010

Flexible Links

My Blogging Inspiration
Campaign for Unshaved Snatch (CUSS) & Other Rants

Flexible Affiliations


Parent Bloggers Network
- Crazy/Hip Blog-Mamas+
(Random Site)
A Member of Bust's Girl Wide Web
Parenting Blogs - Blog Top Sites
blog search directory
Search For Blogs, Submit Blogs, The Ultimate Blog Directory

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Nothing Says Winter

With the snow falling lightly on the ground all day today giving our town the classic New England winter look, the kids and I bundled up and got into the car. We had one perfect winter destination in mind: the pool. That's right, nothing says winter like swimming lessons. It seemed fitting that my older son's (OS) last swim lesson of the session was on a day when it was snowing. It was marking the end of a warm season activity. Of course, it turns out not to be the end. He loves swimming so much and has improved so much over the last few weeks that I immediately agreed to his request to continue the lessons and signed him up for the next session. Snow flakes, hot chocolate, lit fireplaces (in my mind at least), cozy homes and a wet swim suit. Actually, as a life long swimmer I have to say that it sounds idyllic to me too (and yes, if he didn't want to do it, I wouldn't have signed him up again).

A. Elliot's Lesson Learned: Nothing says winter like swimming lessons.

Labels: ,

posted by Alex Elliot @ 10:30 PM   6 comments
6 Comments:

  • At 12/21/2007 12:15 AM, Blogger painted maypole said…

    i love swimming, too, and will do it yearround.

     

  • At 12/21/2007 8:46 AM, Blogger Mrs. Chicky said…

    I've been considering signing Chicky up for some swim classes at the Y. My husband loves the idea (though he wouldn't be taking her) because he swam all through college and then coached for a few years in his 20s. But I'm not sure I could get myself motivated to swim when it's 15 degrees outside.

     

  • At 12/21/2007 10:32 AM, Blogger Kami said…

    I much prefer it in the summer, but I am with you on everything else.... we don't have a fireplace either.

    :-)

     

  • At 12/21/2007 11:08 AM, Blogger Heather said…

    My daughter does swimming lessons all winter and loves it. I love it because it tires her out and I like to watch her enjoying herself so much while learning a useful skill.

     

  • At 12/21/2007 10:41 PM, Blogger Nora Bee said…

    Oooh! This makes me want to go swimming.

     

  • At 12/29/2007 9:39 PM, Blogger Suzanne said…

    Good for OS! I am glad he likes it.

     
Post a Comment
Home
 

My Profile

Name:Alex Elliot
Home:MA, United States
About Me:Professional Mom of two cats, a dog, an ant farm, and oh yeah...two boys: a 6 year old and a 3 year old. Also found in my house is my husband who is known on this blog as The Big Giraffe.
See my complete profile

Flexible Media Appearances

The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, Fox TV, August 3, 2007

Flexible Feeds

More Flexible Parenting

Grasshopper New Media Parents
Just Cause
Birth Days

Flexible Categories

Previous Posts

Archives

For those of us who didn't get an instruction manual with our babies and for whom parenting hasn't always gone as planned. On a more serious note this blog is about supporting a woman's ability to make her own choices about parenting including the choice, for whatever reason, to bottle feed her babies formula.

Powered by Blogger
© Formula Fed and Flexible Parenting


Creative Commons License
Formula Fed and Flexible Parenting by Alex Elliot is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

Template Design based on one produced by isnaini dot com