Brrrrr... It is Cold!

Today was the first day my children went to school in 2013.  It was miserably cold out (11 degrees) this morning with about 10-12 inches of snow on the ground.  We like to have them walk to and from school.  My 9 year-old lost his knit cap so he got to put a shirt around his head.  This was my first clue that I would have to go and get more winter clothing.  I started to think that I should buy each child about 4 pairs of gloves and 4 knit caps.  I think that is how many they go through in any given winter. 

After I picked my 4 year-old up from school, we went to the Dollar Tree store.  I love that store.  It is especially nice when they actually have what I want.  I think they are just about out of the winter clothing, because I had to dig through a cart and a couple baskets in an aisle to find the sizes that I needed.  I bought both of my sons another knit cap and mittens. I got myself and my sister a cap and mittens also.  Who wants to be cold?  I bought them for my daughter on Saturday, so she didn't need winter necessities.

I bundled up my 4 year-old and my 1 year-old at the appropriate time, and we headed out to get my older children from school.   I brought the knit cap and mittens for my son.  They were a bit dismayed that we were walking.  They wanted a ride.  My son was pleased that he had a cap and mittens though.

I might need to drive more frequently in the winter, until the weather gets better.  Although my baby was in a hoodie, a zip-up thing that you put on them for their carseat to keep them warm, and a coat, I still think she was colder than anyone would like to be.  I put her in the carrier and away we went. 

I am not a cold weather person.  I would prefer living in Hawaii so the temperature would remain stable all year.  These mornings, and days, when it is so cold, I don't even want to get dressed, let alone go outside.  I do what I have to though...

I am hoping, perhaps beyond hope, that it will warm up and stay warm for the rest of the season.  It doesn't look like that will happen anytime soon.