Winter

Although we live in Arizona and the winters here and the best anywhere, it still gets cold. This morning it was 40 degrees outside which, especially for here, is cold! When it was time to go jump in the van and head for school Aaron came out of his room wearing shorts and a tee shirt. I had to force him to go and get his sweater and then when we got to school and I told him I would be emailing his teacher to make sure he wore the sweater outside if it stayed cold he refused to get out of the car.
I sent Emma and Tyler on ahead and had Aaron come sit in the front next to me so we could figure out what to do about this. He sat there in his summer clothes with his shoulders shaking, teeth chattering and nose running insisting that he didn't need a jacket because he wasn't cold. After debating for 45 min (no exaggeration) we finally came to an agreement. Apparently Aaron hates jackets and sweaters because they cover up his tee shirts, so we decided we would drive to Target and get long johns (that he would pick out) to wear under his tee's so he could still see the picture but he would be kept warm. That way even though neither of us were perfectly happy, we would both be happier then we were at the moment. He would still get to have a tee shirt on top, and I wouldn't be so afraid he was going to freeze to death.
We drove to the store and he picked out long johns and put them on under his tee.
I dropped him off at school this morning 2 hours late, but he was wearing long sleeves and he wasn't shaking anymore, so I guess it was worth it.