Sunny Appreciation Post

The other day, Sunny was so fun to be around.

When I drove him to his swim class, he chattered all the way. He's always curious about the mechanics of things. He learned about sounds and echoes today in school, and we talked about sound for a while. I tried to explain how bats use echolocation. I used my hands to illustrate the sound wave hitting an insect and bouncing back off again, but I wasn't too successful. Sunny just said "I don't understand!" in a mildly exasperated way that was also really cute. He really tried hard, the concept was just too complicated.

I promised him a cookie after class if he could swim a few body lengths by himself without anyone holding him. He's the least advanced swimmer in his class, and I thought he still had an emotional block against swimming by himself in deeper water, one that he was slowly overcoming.

He sort of did it, although he needed a float. I talked to his teacher afterwards. His teacher told me that Sunny was one of the most muscular kids he'd ever seen. And that was the problem! Girls and chubby boys have no problem floating. Even skinny boys can float better than Sunny, because his muscle is so heavy. Sunny can swim really well if he just learns how to float better, and he needs to be taught using a different technique than the other kids. It's not really an emotional block, it's more of a physical one.

He asked me what Sunny did... just soccer twice a week, and swimming twice a week, and lots of running around and bicycling and skateboarding when he's in the mood (which is very frequent).

I think Sunny is going to stay average-to-tall-side-of-short as he grows up. His bio father is also very muscular and not tall, judging from his statistics listed on a listing site that shall not be named.

If Sunny doesn't get too tall, that means he won't be attracted into football... and thank goodness for that. Football and boxing are just too brain-rattling. I'd go for anything up to and including Ultimate Fighting, I just don't want Sunny getting his head banged repeatedly. Judging from his body shape and what he enjoys doing, I can see him doing really well at gymnastics and wrestling, possibly swimming, soccer and baseball, although baseball would be a stretch because there's so much waiting around involved.

Anyway, Sunny got his cookie that night, and some yogurt too. On the way back, he asked me how traffic lights worked, and got really excited about the concept of light shining through colored glass.