It's not Friday, it's "waaah"day

Poor Olivia. For most, today was TGIF, the start of the our nation's glorious Fourth of July long weekend. But for Olivia it was a day filled with "waaah". We had a pre-lunch walk today around our local reservoir trail. Olivia had a blast, walked about .2 miles before she sat down and wanted to be carried (very much like me when I was little - my sister was a long distance walker..haha). She got on her tricycle, that she loves so much, but we made her get off when we were in a nice shaded area of the trail. After some goading, Olivia was off on the trail. Running..more like falling forward. My nerves would jump every time she took off running, waiting for her to trip. And finally she did. Big echoey "waaaah" could be heard up and down the trail. Luckily no scrapes. Only a slight bump on the forehead...note the slight.

In the early evening, Olivia went to her first swim class. She loves playing with water. She loves taking a bath, but when it comes to getting herself wet up to her ne

ck, she does not like. Not to mention, she's always weary of everything. So when we got to the pool, she was excited to change into her swimsuit, while watching other kiddies get in and out of their swimsuits. When we got to the pool, she was excited, but when we got close enough to the edge, she kept trying to put herself against the wall away from the edge. Got her in by carrying her. With the pool super warm, she probably thought it was a big bathtub! But when the class began and we had to put flippers on her, and try on goggles, she knew something was up...and a low "waaah"

began...which eventually became a loud and persistent "waah". She didn't even have to dunk her head in this class! The other kiddies, who were veterans to swim class, but all around her age, looked at her quizzically as they did their lesson. I wasn't worried about what the adults were thinking, but I was worried that we were bringing down the other kiddies fun. Some had worried looks on their faces watching Olivia "waah". But I think if the class ran longer, Olivia would have gotten comfortable, as she began to splash the water around when we waited our turn to do exercises. All in all she did pretty well. I give her one more class of "waah" and she'll be pro in no time!

To finish off the "waah" day, we went to dinner with 公公 & 婆 婆. Afterwards, we were walking off our dinner and dessert when Olivia, running around and around, fell and bonked her forehead...again...so now she has a real bonafide bump and a scrape! "Waah"...that was our cue to head home. Poor baby. Hopefully she'll have a good night's sleep. More fun to come!