Why and The Y

There's a new word in the new English language, and it's "why?" Why? surfaced a few days ago, and it's making a regular appearance. I have officially crossed into an area in which I swore I would never cross as I find the words "because I said so" coming out of my mouth. We all know it's a lot easier than providing an answer that's only going to be followed by another "why?" and sometimes it's the only real good reason. Fortunately for me it's frequently followed by a cheerful, little "okay," but we'll see how long that lasts.

Swimming is Maryn's favorite pastime, and we try to get to the pool as often as we can. Swimming lessons will be on the schedule for as long as she's interested, and right now there's no end to that in sight. I'd love to be able to watch Maryn do the backstroke in competition someday so we need to work on that flutter kick. At this stage of the game it looks a little like she's pedaling a bike, but we've got time to get that corrected. As long as she loves it, we'll keep it going, and I'll continue to enjoy watching her point at me and then point at her eyes to signal me to watch. She has no idea that she doesn't need to tell me to watch because I don't want to miss a minute with our little fish.