Water Day

One of the fun things about the kids' daycare in the summer is "Water Day." We are not talking about field trips to a pool, simply "sprinkler time." Nicholas's and Daniel's classrooms both have water day on Tuesdays, Abby's room - Wednesday. Nothing like making mommy have to work and remember the day of the week first thing in the morning.

Anyway, this activity started last week. Abby is a water day pro, so I am not concerned about her at all. Daniel... well, I wasn't sure how things would go with his scar. Would other kids point to his chest and wonder why he has a funky line (what other heart kids call their "zipper") or would they try to touch it and he'd get mad (he does that sometimes) and the general stuff that goes along with a new activity. So overprotective mom asked the teacher to keep an eye out and see if anything happened or if Daniel noticed that he has a scar and other kids don't.

Water Day - Week One:

Daniel thought it was all pretty cool. The teachers said that he put on his little water shoes, got into his snazzy new Elmo swim trunks, but refused to take off his shirt. Oh well. He still ran around, barely got wet, but he played. Life was good.

Water Day - Week Two:

Daniel refused water day. He wanted his swim shoes and nothing else. No shirt removal, no Elmo trunks. Nothing. The teachers sprayed his feet with water, but he still wasn't all that interested.

So the other night, after Abby's water day, we had our own water day. We got out the Dora sprinkler and changed into our water clothes. Daniel still refused to get near the sprinkler. I think the fact that Dora was spinning around and spraying water through her little sprinkler can into the air didn't really help. She (Dora) does look a little possessed. So after traumatizing Daniel for about 20 minutes we got out sidewalk chalk and had a great time decorating the driveway.

I wonder how long this water 'fear' will last.