My little Monkey is a Duck. I was a bit surprised when I found out that he passed his swimming lessons. He got a report card and everything. It turns out he can do things like
"Child experiences water on face"
and
"Makes water move up, down, forward, backward".
And as a parent I
"Helps child move/float while wearing a PFD"
and
"Watches demo of airway obstruction technique".
Oh yeah. We're good. And he got a homemade fish-shaped cookie and a sticker to show for it. (Come on Red Cross. What happened to badges. I can't sew a sticker to anything. Sheesh.) At first I thought the sticker said "Swim Nation". Then on closer inspection I saw that they spelled nation wrong. And THEN I realised that it actually says "Swim - Natation". ("Natation" is French, by the way)
On a similar note the following conversation took place in the car on the way to the Lake on Friday...
erin k: What does that mean? (referring to a deer crossing sign with the words "Night Danger" underneath)
Music Man: Umm. It means there's danger at night.
pause. stifled giggles.
erin k: I thought it said "Night Dancer"
more stifled laughter so as not to wake a sleeping Monkey.
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I'm a little (okay, very) late in mentioning this, but you should go check out Musings of a Crunchy Domestic Goddess' Breastfeeding Collage for World Breastfeeding Week. I'm on there. Can you see me?
4 comments:
Hah! Night Dancer.... sounds like a horrible (HORR-I-BLE) 80s movie.
Are you in the bottom right? Second last row? Second one in? Gee, if I'd've known, I'd have sent in my pic of Anja feeding AND giving me the finger at the same time.
And what do you mean no badge? Seriously? NO BADGE?? Way to cheap out Red Cross! At least they've switched to something more exciting than just colours. Now it's animals! They don't happen to have a goat level or a camel level, do they?
Well, around here our Deer Crossing signs don't say anything. Just a picture of a deer.
Cute story though.
I like the sticker too, although I agree, you would think you could have something a little more permanent.
Nobody gives out badges for anything anymore. It's one of the sad facts of modern motherhood.
Oh funny! Erin K-Do you need glasses?
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