This morning we set out as usual, and after about 15 steps out the door I realized that I need to get some warmer sweats! I usually don sweatpants a t-shirt and a hooded sweatshirt, and this morning that just didn’t cut it. It is COLD out there! Frost coated every surface it could get to, and our breath seemed to freeze as it exited our noses and mouth, then snow down to the ground. It is definitely time to break out the gloves, scarves and hats!
I also got a call from #2 at school. The notes I wrote for him and instructed to put in his back pack are sitting on the table where he left them. In an effort to teach the kids to be more responsible, I’ve stopped taken them forgotten items. I instructed #2 to go to the school nurse and get a note from her to give to his PE teacher. This tactic was started at the beginning of the school year when both #1 and #2 were forgetting their lunches every day. I brought it to them the first day, and informed them that it was the last time. If they forgot the lunch, they went without. Needless to say, they learned not to forget it. Now they are just forgetting assignments and such.
Sigh.