LOVING GLOVES

More than likely, Royanne will wake up with the

last thing we discussed the night before on her

mind. Sometimes it might be something new in

our bedtime prayer. It might be a talk about the

weather. Like this story I am about to tell:

Every night that we remember - and she has reminded

me when I have forgotten - we will go outside and look for

the moon to tell it goodnight. I know she doesn't understand

why sometimes it is in a different place, or why sometimes we

can't find it. I try and go out around 7 p. m. That way it will be

in the same place. But sometimes, it might be when we put the

dogs to bed, and then we remember we haven't told the

moon goodnight. (10 p.m.)

Anyhow, I say all of this to say that one night we didn't go out

and tell the moon goodnight because it was really cold. But I

did take the opportunity to talk about why one would wear

gloves or mittens. I found a purple pair of mittens she'd

never seen, and I explained to her what they were.

We read the book WOOLY and I was hoping

Wooly making gloves and hats and such for her

friends would make sense, since

there are really not very many cold days in Texas.

As props for this book, I have a scarf, mittens, a hat.

But the gloves! They were new and exciting!

So, the next morning, after having her diaper

changed, she wanted to put on her gloves,

remembering the discussion the night before
about cold weather and dressing warmly.

(here she agreed to the coat but not clothes!!)

She kept on saying "COLT"
(which means cold)

Then she didn't want to take them off

or get dressed!