We took Casey to the snow for the first time. It took some planning and packing... Snowboarding pants, shell for Daddy, Columbia ski jacket for Mommy, snowboarding gloves for both Mommy and Daddy. What about Casey? Well..... Tennis shoes, cloth mittens, and nylon track pants... Sorry little buddy... Thats some bad planning by Mommy and Daddy.. and boy, did you pay the price.In hindsight, nothing we dressed Casey in was waterproof, water resistant, water repellent, or water anything; except for water soakable...
When we first set Casey on the snow, he reached down and grabbed two handfuls, just like he does with dirt and sand... Only, this stuff was COLD. So, Daddy thought.... hmm, maybe we should put on his mittens. Those soaked thru in about 10 seconds.. So, now he has cold, wet hands.. We took turns sliding down the hill with him. The front of the sled acted like a huge snowplow... One that wasn't calibrated, and 'plowed' all the snow straight over the front, and into the faces of the occupants. So now, the rest of Casey was cold and wet... Yet we continued to take him on rides.. I was fully dressed in snowboard attire, with gloves and thermals.... It never did dawn on me that Casey MIGHT be cold. Finally, he'd had enough, told us so in no uncertain terms.. We checked his skin... and it was a$$ cold and WET! We rushed him to the car to dry him, change him into dry, warm clothes, and gave him a chance to thaw out...
Casey touching snow for the first time.. Hmm, maybe we should have put gloves on him first...
There we go.. Cloth mittens. That should keep his hands warm and dry.... Or not.
Occupants of the sled getting a face full of snow. 
Action shot. I'm not sure what Casey's expression is... Fear, shock....???
This expression seems like fear, or at least uncertainty...
When we first set Casey on the snow, he reached down and grabbed two handfuls, just like he does with dirt and sand... Only, this stuff was COLD. So, Daddy thought.... hmm, maybe we should put on his mittens. Those soaked thru in about 10 seconds.. So, now he has cold, wet hands.. We took turns sliding down the hill with him. The front of the sled acted like a huge snowplow... One that wasn't calibrated, and 'plowed' all the snow straight over the front, and into the faces of the occupants. So now, the rest of Casey was cold and wet... Yet we continued to take him on rides.. I was fully dressed in snowboard attire, with gloves and thermals.... It never did dawn on me that Casey MIGHT be cold. Finally, he'd had enough, told us so in no uncertain terms.. We checked his skin... and it was a$$ cold and WET! We rushed him to the car to dry him, change him into dry, warm clothes, and gave him a chance to thaw out...
Casey touching snow for the first time.. Hmm, maybe we should have put gloves on him first...
There we go.. Cloth mittens. That should keep his hands warm and dry.... Or not. Occupants of the sled getting a face full of snow. Action shot. I'm not sure what Casey's expression is... Fear, shock....???
This expression seems like fear, or at least uncertainty...
pretty good action shots there.
ReplyDeletesomething for later this year, Target puts out kid's winter outerwear in the August/September time frame. I know, kinda silly in California but in Minnesota, people are buying winter gear for back to school :-)