First Swimming Lessons

 We wanted a good opportunity to meet other parents in our neighborhood and want Mino to be safe around water so thought it would be a fun idea to bring him to baby swimming lessons. We live a few blocks from a YMCA and they had classes for 6 months and up so signed us up I did.  Wow.  A ton of other parents had the same idea.  One of his little buddies from daycare happened to be there as well!

 

 He was pretty lame at swimming lessons, other babies were kicking their legs and splashing their hands but he kinda just floated.  The kid is buoyant.  Mega buoyant and found that he doesn't have to work to float in the water.  He thought the best part were the flags above the different lanes in the pool.

Daycare has had "Water Day" recently as well, two times thus far, but the kiddos like it!  Here he is with his buddy that he actually gets to swim with at swimming lessons.

 He and Wally have been working on their bonds.  As has been well documents Portos and Mino have a very physical relationship wth constant French Kissing and what not.  Mino and Wally aren't quite there but it is becoming more of a solid thing in recent time, although Wally doesn't get the whole don't use your claws and sharp teeth on babies.

 I decided that I was going to document Martin and Mino every year on Fathers day. . here is round one, Father's Day 2012.

 And Martin was teaching Min how to grill.  They had a very successful dinner of grilled chicken.  Waaaaay better than the Yam incident of 2012.