Thursday, August 18, 2011

Women (Subtle and Powerful)


This is Drew. And, this is Drew's preferred method of swimming. His head above the water, his feet firmly planted on the ground, and everything in his control. He has always enjoyed swimming, he has just always wanted to do it on his terms. We have gently tried to coax him to put his head under water and we have practiced some swimming things, but he has been nowhere close to ready to start swimming on his own. He has started dipping his face under water, but never his whole head. He just hasnt seemed ready to learn to swim. We have been trying to leave it to his time on his terms.
And then one day everything changed and believe it or not, it was not our amazing teaching skills that brought about this revolution. I cant even believe I am typing this, but Drew's heart has been stolen by a young lady. And, this particular young lady (the girl on the right) happened to be swimming with him this day and she happened to be a fairly proficient swimmer. And, that is all it took. She began wielding her subtle, but powerful influence on this little boy's heart.
We were not even in the pool with him and we turn around and this is what we see.


We couldnt believe it.

Really, it was exciting and we had a great day swimming with our friends. And, by the looks of the picture below, we may need to start keeping an eye on Truitt as well. The young lady he has his arm around happens to be the younger sister of Drew's sweetheart. We are not ready for this!

3 comments:

tc said...

Thank you for sharing this! It was great getting to know you and your family! - Terry

arlan and katie said...

Awh...the Plattner boys are getting stary-eyed!

Too funny & cute but hey, he's swimming! Good for Drew!

Nature Lover said...

This is awesome!!! We Widmer's are ready for another Jam-erican love story so people will stop talking about ours!!! :D