THE RED MITTEN

Seems like every time we go cut our Christmas tree, there's a red mitten that goes missing in the snowy forest. A couple years ago, Blane was the little one being carried all over the Rockies in search of the right [Charlie Brown] tree, and Kristen lost one of her mittens that she'd put over Blane's arm. Somehow we found it.
This year, Tobin had his own sized red mittens. One of them fell off at least twice (that's how many times I picked it up out of the snow, unbeknownst to Kristen). I think it's just part of the experience. But he was a trooper. Just stared at the trees and took it all in. He was bundled up tight - reminded me of the little brother in A Christmas Story, where he's got so much on, he can't move his limbs. Guess that's the life of little kids who can't dress themselves!