Mittens

I bought some adorable blue mittens for Jack the other day.  I know it doesn't get that cold here, and it definitely doesn't stay cold for long, but they were too cute.  Plus, there has already been a time or two that I could have used them to cover up Jack's little fingers in the cold.  So, yesterday was one of those days where I needed to bundle him up on the way to our playdate at the mall.  After I had him fastened into his carseat, I put the mittens on.  (I knew it might be a struggle otherwise to keep him still!)  I handed him his bottle (sooo glad he's able to feed himself a bottle now!) and expected him to grab it and start chugging as usual.  But, NO.  Apparently the mittens have some sort of special magic that paralyzes his hands.  I'm not kidding.  It was the funniest thing.  He just stared at his hands and refused to use them as long as the mittens were on there.  So, they might keep his hands warm, but then his hands are of no use.  Sigh...

Notice I had to remove one of the mittens so he'd use that hand...

Our playdate was fun, although I'm too busy chasing Jack around to take many pictures of him playing.  He's becoming quite the little explorer, and I had to stop him one time from hiking himself up and over a little wall.

Bundled up and ready to go home