Goggles

He’s been obsessively playing “swim meet” for almost two months straight. It involves leaping from a little red chair (the diving block) onto the blue play couch, where he swims laps on the cushions. On Tuesdays he has a friend who comes to play for the day, and he’s even trained her to play swim meet. He sneaks into his brother’s room to root through his swim bag for “swim hats” and goggles, and often comes down with a pair of oversized teenage underwear that he wears as a swim suit. He figured out how to undress himself so he can swim more authentically. He never wears socks these winter days because you wouldn’t wear socks in the pool, would you?