Mom decided that we should take a walk this evening. We went over to the pond where Charles immediately wanted his shoes and socks off so he could splash in the water. Corwin of course immediately wanted his footwear off as well. It wasn’t long before both boys were soaked.
Corwin had a problem, though. He wasn’t wearing his swim trunks. Somehow this prevented him from swimming and it had been a long time since he had gone swimming in the pond. He whined about it for a while but eventually decided that if he took off his underwear then it would be OK. He headed off in to the woods to change and then came back unencumbered enough to enjoy swimming.
I had brought some glow sticks along so I could give one to Corwin and Charles. Charles really enjoyed his, but he refused to let me activate it. He played with it in the water, in the sand and in the stroller but steadfastly refused my offers to make it glow. He even played with it while he was taking a bath afterwards, still unlit.