rocks in my pocket

about a month ago we picked up corduroy at a local library. madelyn liked it so much that i picked it up again when we went to the library this week. we also picked up another one about corduroy getting a pocket. she is too interested in corduroy's overalls getting a spin the dryer to actually get through that one yet (in her defence she has usually sat through a few times of the original corduroy book before agreeing to the pocket one). my point is that we talk about corduroy having a pocket on the cover.

over the summer one of madelyn's little jumpers had two pockets on this hips and i used to stick toys in them for her. it just blew her mind that clothes could have pockets! and she never forgot. every time she wore that jumper she would get the same two toys i had used and try to put them in the pockets, ultimately having to ask me to help her. now that she is wearing jackets and other winter apparel there are pockets almost every day.

today we played outside for a little bit in the morning because it was really windy and there were quite a few leaves in the front yard. i was trying to show her that she could throw them up and they would blow away in the wind. she wouldn't do it herself, but kept asking me to do it. and then she found some little rocks (her new size preference in rocks - pebble sized and smaller). since my hands were starting to get pretty cold from the wind i put them in my pockets and wanted to show madelyn how to do the same. so i decided that the rocks could make some good bait.

i put them in her pocket and she then proceeded to try and put both hands in that pocket to retrieve the rocks. it did result in a little circle turning trying to get the opposite hand to reach the pocket. the best she got was one hand all the way in as you can see in the picture. the look of concentration is because she is feeling the pocket seams for her two, small rocks.

i am torn about putting her in mittens because they limit her dexterity, but gloves don't come in her size (at least i haven't been able to find any that don't start at a size four - but maybe i should give them a try...). i had the same struggle last winter (to cover her hands with mittens or not), but for a totally different reason - thumb sucking. life is just full of choices isn't it? love.