First Day of Winter?
It's good to know that the calendar has finally caught up with us... it is officially winter today. Phew! We've had a blanket of snow on the ground now for 6 weeks... but it was technically "Fall." But no more... Old Man Winter is officially here.
This morning, when the thermometer read -16 degrees, the boys did not see, "that's weather that could cause frostbite in under 10 minutes on any exposed skin." They saw, "we got 5 more inches of snow last night... can we please, Please, PLEASE go out and play?"
We got about 8 inches of snow last weekend... and another 5 or so last night - but the highest the temperature has reached in the past week is 1 degree above zero, which has meant the boys have not gotten to go out and play at all in the beautiful, white powder. This morning, Vince had to shovel the driveway and sidewalks, so we decided to bundle up the boys and allow them to go out for a bit to help shovel.
In order for them to stay warm enough, the key is layering. So, for their short stint in the frozen tundra, the boys donned a long sleeve shirt, a sweatshirt, sweatpants, 2 pairs of socks, a winter coat, snow pants, winter boots, a scarf, a hat and two pairs of mittens. It took me about 20 minutes to get the boys ready to go outside (but thinking ahead, I did have them both go potty before they got dressed).
Asher made it for a grand total of 12 minutes outside... the time it took me to get Ezra dressed, plus an additional 2 minutes.
This is Vince after about 15 minutes outside... notice the icicles on his eyelashes.
Obed stood at the backdoor while the big boys were outside, hat in hand, grunting and screaming. I'm pretty sure he was insisting that he is big enough to go out and shovel.
After his 12 minutes outside, Asher warmed up with a cup of hot cocoa (which I think was actually his motivation for wanting to go outside... he knows when he plays in the snow, he gets hot cocoa).
This morning, when the thermometer read -16 degrees, the boys did not see, "that's weather that could cause frostbite in under 10 minutes on any exposed skin." They saw, "we got 5 more inches of snow last night... can we please, Please, PLEASE go out and play?"
We got about 8 inches of snow last weekend... and another 5 or so last night - but the highest the temperature has reached in the past week is 1 degree above zero, which has meant the boys have not gotten to go out and play at all in the beautiful, white powder. This morning, Vince had to shovel the driveway and sidewalks, so we decided to bundle up the boys and allow them to go out for a bit to help shovel.
In order for them to stay warm enough, the key is layering. So, for their short stint in the frozen tundra, the boys donned a long sleeve shirt, a sweatshirt, sweatpants, 2 pairs of socks, a winter coat, snow pants, winter boots, a scarf, a hat and two pairs of mittens. It took me about 20 minutes to get the boys ready to go outside (but thinking ahead, I did have them both go potty before they got dressed).
Asher made it for a grand total of 12 minutes outside... the time it took me to get Ezra dressed, plus an additional 2 minutes.
This is Vince after about 15 minutes outside... notice the icicles on his eyelashes.
Obed stood at the backdoor while the big boys were outside, hat in hand, grunting and screaming. I'm pretty sure he was insisting that he is big enough to go out and shovel.
After his 12 minutes outside, Asher warmed up with a cup of hot cocoa (which I think was actually his motivation for wanting to go outside... he knows when he plays in the snow, he gets hot cocoa).
posted by Kirsten at
7:24 AM
1 Comments:
I never went outside today. Shannon came to my house to fix my hair for the Christmas party that I never went to. But I never went outside. So I think I beat Asher - 45 minutes of getting ready; no time outside.
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