Ned Hibberd's Blog

My son is a fish in the water.  He loves jumping in the pool, holding his breath and flailing his limbs all around like a sea turtle going in circles.

My wife had our kid in the water at a very young age.  She taught swimming lessons for eight years, so the task of teaching our little monster to swim was right up her alley.

But this summer we decided that we'd sign him up for some parent/child swim lessons at our local pool.

He's had a great time splashing around with the other babies.  His swim lesson is the highlight of every day.   He gets so excited about going to the pool that he'll pull off his diaper, put on his own swim suit and shoes, and be waiting at the door even before my wife has a chance to say it's time to go!

Well, much to their disappointment yesterday, right when they walked up to the pool to begin another fun-filled lesson, lightning struck.  The session was cancelled.  Our fish/child was so sad.  He really wanted to go swimming.  At that moment, nothing could make him happy.

So my wife did what any good mother would do in a situation like this.  When they got home, she filled our jacuzzi bathtub to the rim and let our little fish practice all of his bubble-blowing and underwater swimming.

Our boy was in Heaven!  Granted, half the water in the tub ended up over the edge and onto the floor.  And dried water splashes decorated the mirror, but he had a blast...and that's what really matters.

Have you ever run into a situation like this? Maybe you were headed to your favorite activity, only to discover it was cancelled?

What did you do to make your little one happy?

Ned