It was a very cold day today, about 15 degrees, and very, very windy. As we walked out the door to take Hailey to school, both kids freaked out about the wind. They were both crying and refusing to walk to the van. They were grabbing onto the door screaming because they thought they were going to blow away. We stepped back inside the house for a few minutes so I could calm them down and explain to them that they weren't going to blow away. We had a talk about things that weren't heavy like paper can blow away, but the wind can't blow heavy things like people and animals. We talked about how even the little squirrel walks out in the wind and doesn't blow away. This helped them to calm down, but they were still to scared to step outside and walk to the van. They agreed to let me carry them to the van. On the way to school, we talked some more about what things the wind can blow and what things it can't. They liked telling me examples of things they saw out the window. When we got to school, they again started crying when we got out of the van. I told them they had to walk cause I couldn't carry all three of them at the same time. They were both clinging to me very tightly and crying as we walked through the parking lot. It wasn't easy carrying the carseat with two kids hanging onto my pant legs as we walked, but we all slowly managed to get inside. As soon as Bruce got home from work, we left to do some shopping while Hailey was in school. The wind died down a little bit by the time we had to pick Hailey up from school. I sat out in the car with Max and Jack while daddy ran in to get her. We came home for lunch and naps and then went shopping again. We went to Toys R Us first. Daddy took the kids over to play with the train table while I did some Christmas shopping. Next, we headed to Meijer to get a few things. We didn't get home until 10:00 and started bedtime routines right away.
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I'm glad you made it into the school ok. That would be tough.
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