Today at our Waterbabies class, the boys finally, finally put their faces in the water! We’ve been waiting for this moment for so many weeks. While everyone else in the class was dunking their babies and exclaiming, we had to sit on the side with a sad washcloth. Elijah and I were first. I said “Ready, Set”, then I blew in his face, he took a breath, and then I put his face in the water and brought him up. When he looked up, he gave me a look like “What the hell just happened?” and he was about to cry but everyone was cheering and praising so he promptly stuck his hand in his mouth and started sucking away like nothing happened. Then Rowan and Michael did it and Rowan didn’t even flinch, he did so well! The teacher was really surprised that they didn’t cry because most babies cry the first time they do it. Must have been all that washcloth practice we had all those weeks! There was also this other water mat that they played on that Rowan was just having a grand old time. Both of them are getting really used to the water. I think this is the first class where both of them didn’t fuss at all. It’s too bad that Frances (another student) and her dad weren’t there to share in their glory, since we’ve been there from the beginning together. Oh well, there’s always next week! We went to lunch at Oobas as usual. We really like this new tradition. It’s fun to do something in the middle of the day as a family. In the evening, I had a photo shoot to do at school, so I drove to Michael’s work with the babies, we switch cars, and then I drove to the city and Michael drove home with the boys. This way, Michael could stay at work longer. The shoot was very successful, I took pictures of my cousin, Eric, in his full Kendo (japanese fencing) gear. We had a lot of fun with some other props. I got home in time to put the boys to bed. Michael told me this hilarious story that someone called and asked for me. He said that I wasn’t home, then the guy said “Are your parents home?” I started cracking up. Michael didn’t want to correct him and have a long phone conversation, so he just said “NO”. Too funny. I stayed up way too late posting the kendo pictures…