I have always been neurotic when it comes to our children being out in cold weather..."wear your coat, zip your coat, put on your hat and gloves, and don't forget your boots."
As with many things I've loosened up a bit as the kids got older, and tried to instill in my brain that it is NOT the cold that makes them sick. However...I still believe the cold temps decrease your immune systems ability to fight over those nasty germs as they try to invade your passages while you're in the cold ;-)
Ok, back to the topic...
Scenario this morning: -17 temp with windchills hovering around -30. We affectionately call this "snot freezing weather". When it's this cold it is best to breathe thru your nose. When you do, you suddenly feels all those little hairs in your nostrils freezing up ;-)
Reaction this morning: one daughter says goodbye for the bus with the proper attire of coat, boots, hat, gloves and a scarf around her face. Other daughter has the coat, boots and scarf around her neck, but...NO gloves and NO hat! HELLO...what are you thinking?!?!
She obliged me by grabbing her Hot Fingers gloves and putting them on while walking down the driveway. The hair was great this morning, so there was no hope of a hat.
btw - the other day we argued about who owned the blue pair of Hot Fingers gloves. I finally gave in and said they were hers...in hopes it would somehow sway her into wearing them more ;-)
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