It was minus 20 and of course I forced the boys out for our Thursday hike. It did not go well. I should have known better. It was cold - my eye lashes were frozen, my nose was making icicles and the hand warmer for my camera felt cold almost immediately.
Kincaid was cold and made his wish to return to the car known. It was fueled by my irritation at being late and being a bit short. Alas. Duke fell asleep within about 5 minutes of being in the sled. Apparently, the cold doesn't bother him as much.
It was so beautiful out. My friend took this shot of us as we were turning around.
I wrote on the skedaddle blog about acceptance. I would accept my children wanting to do most things, but I have had a hard time accepting the idea that they might not want to be outside as much as I do. I was stubborn and refused to let them stay inside and tried to squelch their complaints and whines. I am going on record with an apology for them and an attempt at acceptance.
I am going to encourage them to do outdoor activities, offer all the opportunities that I can and encourage them some more. I will also listen to them and if they decide to be hobbits, I will try my darndest to accept that. It will be hard, but I will do it for them.
Just look at the sun, it was amazingly beautiful so I could have this epiphany.
Here he is warming up his hands in the car. This made him quite happy indeed.
We saw this guy on our way out of the park. From my Facebook naturalist contacts, it has been identified as a grouse. The little guy was slower than molasses and with that brown coat might not last too long this cold winter!
4 comments:
Golly you live in a cold place. Hope it warms up before my visit.
K
As always love the posts and pictures! The boys are growing up so fast. tga
It's hard when you have to decide between mommy being happy or boys being happy...but THIS is a matter of their welfare, I'm so glad you came to this conclusion.
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