We had our first real day in the sun and the sand, today... And Nathan was a little uneasy about the whole "pool" thing.
We haven't had him in a pool for quite some time, so it appears that he has 'forgotten' how much he enjoyed his earlier swimming with Alex and me.
SO... when we put him in the (very nice) pool water today, he tried his best to let us know that he wasn't really "into it."
He started by saying, "bye bye, l'eau" ("goodbye, water"). Next, he thought he'd try suggesting we head back to the hotel room and he said, "vamonos a la casa?".
Finally, when he saw that these weren't working, he switched to "no mas" ("no more").
He was more than a little panicked, and quite "sobby" throughout his attempts to communicate with us. But, the amazing thing was that he "kept it together" enough to be able to make three different attempts (in as many languages) at communicating with us what he wanted, and using the different concepts of "going home," "no more," and "goodbye, water" appropriately.
Update: 5/21/2008: Lots of hugs and reassurances later, Nathan is now asking frequently to go to the "piscine."
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