Windy Afternoon

This afternoon after the kids woke up from their naps, we bundled up and went outside to play. It was windy! I put two sweatshirts on each kid along with stocking hats. Kassy had mittens on but I knew that David wouldn't leave them on his hands, so I didn't bother to take any outside for him. Kassy and I headed for the swings while David went to check on his tractor, backhoe, and bull dozer in the sandbox. It wasn't long and he wanted me to push him in the swing. I helped him in and asked him how he was doing. He told me his hands were cold, so I put my cheapie one-size-fits-all with holes in three of the fingers on him. He was satisfied with that as long as he was in the swing.

Eventually David wanted to play in the sandbox, so I helped him out of the swing and re-adjusted the gloves on his hands. He quickly realized that the gloves didn't work very well for him so I told him I'd go in the house and get his mittens. I wasn't gone one minute, but by the time I got back outside, he was running across the yard and I could hear him crying--crying hard. I couldn't see anything wrong and figured it was too cold for snakes, so I chased him down. He tearfully told me that he lost the gloves and was trying to catch them as they blew away. I told him that they were only gloves and he didn't have to feel too bad. We put his mittens on and fastened them to his sweatshirt, which quickly became an annoyance for him. I distracted him by asking him to help me find the gloves. Caught in the bottom of the fence was a large maple leaf which is what I suspect he thought was that "glove" that the wind blew away. While he messed around with his mittens, I found both gloves by the sandbox.

Sandbox Kids

Both of the kids enjoyed the time outside, but Kassy didn't appreciate the wind. She does, however, like to eat rocks. When we came inside her face looked like she'd been eating chocolate pudding. She was more interested in having a sippy cup of milk (she officially left the bottle behind on October 24th) than having me wipe her face off.

Mmmm....dirt!

David never did wear his mittens. When he finally came up to the house for a drink, his hands were like ice cubes. He was unhappy that I made him come inside but quickly changed his tune for a couple of pieces of his halloween treats.