Walk swim kick
The day started when George came storming into my room and said, “I’m simply livid with Freddy!” 
The morning was one of those invisible ones - you know the ones that manage to pass by without you noticing? After lunch we walked to the leisure centre (which isn’t quite as far as walking into town but is still a fair old trek) and Barney and George went swimming. George’s pool time was cut short when he had a meltdown though *sigh*. One of the staff came out to the entrance hall where I was sitting, and asked if he was mine… George was putting water in his mouth and spitting it out, the lifeguard asked him to stop, George took his locker-key (on a safety-pin) and threatened to poke the lifeguard, the lifeguard told him to get out of the pool, and George stood in front of the lifeguard with his fingers in his ears and making faces at him. Never a dull moment.
I went and got George and his clothing and he waited with the rest of us until it was time for soccer. He and Freddy are in the same class at 4 p.m., then Barney goes from 4.45 until 5.30 p.m. Scratchy met us just as the first class was starting and we came home for five minutes before realising why I had to go back when he went to take Freddy and Jack swimming - because George would have finished soccer, of course. Some days I think it would be nice to have a brain; other days I think it would just be one more thing to remember to take with me.
So… back to leisure centre, and George and Toby and I hung out while the others did their swimming/soccer. He’d calmed down a lot, and we had a chat about what the lifeguard must be thinking of him. He agreed that apologies were in order, but was a bit hesitant about speaking to the lifeguard (and we didn’t know if he was still there anyway), so he decided to draw him a picture and write a note of apology. And he has, so that will be left at the leisure centre tomorrow.
Home for dinner and the intention was for all the boys to have an early night - it’s been a very active day and there’s an early start tomorrow with swimming - but Scratchy went off to basketball and I was trapped on the bed nursing Toby, and I can still hear the others chatting away - so not so much of the early then…
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