Snow Clogs

One morning recently, it was 22 degrees (F) outside and THIS is how my oldest daughter was dressed for school. Hmmm.... dressing inappropriately for the weather has been a chronic problem with both of my daughters (youngest again wore SANDALS to church last Sunday), but, at lease I have discovered that it isn't just MY daughters who show a distinct lack of logic when it comes to apparel in the winter... Monday evening we had an ice storm that continued on through all of Tuesday. Tuesday was a "snow day" for the kids. Of course they were excited to be off from school. The three kids went to SBU with Grant since we both had to work. They spent the morning entertaining themselves quietly in his office while he taught his classes. They hadn't been home more than maybe a minute, before Darcy was begging to go to a friend's house about a mile from our home. A few hours later, Darcy and her friend had talked us into picking them both up and bringing them back to our house to spend the night (since it had already been announced that school was to be canceled for Wednesday, as well). Driving over the thick layer of ice and through heavy sleet, quickly turning to snow, I was appalled when Darcy's friend came to the car wearing...CLOGS!!! When I asked her, "Aren't your feet going to be COLD in those? The snow IS accumulating..." She looked at me like I was a typical clueless parent and patiently explained to me that THESE clogs had a "warm, fuzzy lining". Oh...yeah...THAT makes it all good...never mind your soon to be wet, frost-bitten, frozen heels and ankles!!! It must be something about being thirteen!