it seems that the end of September was a warm enough weather for CO to be swimming outside. I finally got around to uploading photos from my ipod and camera and it seems that CO swam outdoors whenever possible.
here he is swimming in his grandparent's house. Notice the leaves floating in the water :) (I am going to have to try a photo rather than a video as it is taking blogger an extrememly LONG time to upload the video)
The pool was about 64 degrees and he swam in it almost every day that we were there. Usually for atleast an hour. Fortunately they have a hottub and he'd go it for a quick (less than 1 minute) plunge to warm up once he was all done. I wouldn't let him stay in the hottub any length of time as last time we were down I found that he got ill when spending time in the hottub. J was keen for the waterslide. He only went down once and that was enough for him. He spent the rest of the times in the backyard happily playing around the pool, with his lifejacket on. CO TRIED his hardest to convince J to go in the pool but he would have NO part in it. One cold plunge was enough for him.
The thing with CO's adoption is that it is an open one. Which I love his other family. His grandparents are amazing and he has a special bond with his aunt. I try to go out of my way to make sure he gets to spend some time on our visiting with his great grandmother and his cousins. I DO struggle with him spending time with his BM. This past visit it seemed her goal was to become his favourite 'aunt'. I so struggled inwardly with CO spending time with her 1:1. I feel fine when we are in a group and she is along, but it seems I find it really hard to send him off with her on an adventure without another member of her family. When he is grown, I don't want him to blame me for keeping her from him, but at the same time I have a hard time seeing where exactly the line should be drawn...especially now that she has a half brother through her that she is currently raising. I guess I need to talk to her, for she just communicates with her mother and then plans got made and I felt that I didn't really have control over it because I already had plans to attend a family event. I think her parents go out of their way to keep the communication away from me to protect me from if or when she ends up in a 'bad' place again.
Please pray for discernment in this for me.
We had a lovely time away and I got many of the 'things' done that I was wanting to. I was also able to take the boys to the Childrens' Museum in Hull. Next time we are in the area I totally want to take the boys again. Port of Entry was CO's favorite part and he spent a majority of his time there. CO's grandmother joined us which worked out well as J was wanting more to check out everything and once CO discovered the crane on the ship, he wanted to stay. We kept trading off when ever the two boys paths crossed.
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