Brrrrrrrrrrr

It is cold! I actually don't really mind the cold. It allows me to wear my favorite fleece pants and sweatshirt with out being to hot. What I don't like about the cold is the 20 minute routine of putting Adam's hat one which he will promptly rips off while I am trying to wrestle him into his coat. Sometimes when he is very stubborn about not wanting to be in his coat he will go completely limp and lie on the floor with a big smile that says go ahead and try to get that coat on me. Once I do get him in his coat, hat and mittens, I attempt to get my winter gear on all why chasing him away from whatever it is he want to get into and make a mess of before we leave the house. When we do leave, I hold onto to him, and my purse (sometimes more if I decide to pack a lunch or have to bring diapers to daycare) and I try to lock the door all while he is screaming "NO!" (his new favorite word) and trying to take his hat and mittens off while simultaneously trying to take the keys out of my hand because he thinks he can do it better himself. It is all very awkward and is made even more so with the added bulk of the winter coats. After successfully locking the house, I trudge to the garage which isn't that far away but in this cold seems like miles. This entire time I am still trying to keep the hat on my son's head (the mittens have been lost almost a quickly as they had been put on). Once the car and garage are unlocked (see previous scenario involving keys) it is now time to wrestle Adam into the car seat. The bulk of his winter coat make his arms impossible to bend so it is quite the process for that as well. All this for the short 5 minute drive to daycare where he is much more cooperative because I am now taking his coat off. So anyway that is why I dislike the cold.

What does warm me up at this time are pictures like this of my big guy and little guy. You have got to love the matching father and son outfits.