Singin' In The Rain

I often struggle with getting the kids out in "extreme" weather.  I myself prefer to snuggle up in my frumpy pajamas and hang around the house.  As seen here:

Baby M and Mama chillin' in our jammies, December 2006

However, I am also a proponent of No Child Left Inside.  And to me, this means not just is balmy spring and summer days.  When I was a kid, we were outside as much as possible, all year round.  So, I have made efforts to take the kids out in the snow, and today in the rain!  Granted, it wasn't down-pouring, just sprinkling enough to get us wet.  But we were out for over an hour, and went to two different playgrounds.  C loved the swings, and would even hold his head up and try to catch the rain in his mouth.  We got muddy and wet, and had a blast!

M's best line of the afternoon:  "It doesn't usually rain at the park."

I replied "Yes it does honey, we just don't usually go to the park when it rains!"

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