Blame it on my…maturity
Early in life, youth offers many benefits.
People cook for you. Bathe you. Chauffer’s even drive you around town to the places you need to go.
However, aside from what seems to be a life of leisure, there really is work to be done. Work in the form of play.
And there is much of it to be done.
Don’t be mistaken though. It is no easy task. There are many potential roadblocks along the way. Things such as colds, flu, and other hazards that come with falling temperatures.
But with youth, comes resilience; the ability to find your feet quickly, always adaptable.
Especially when you move from warm southern California, to the bitter cold of Massachusetts at the unripe age of 15 months.
The transition was seamless.
Now at 3, she even complains of being “too hot!” when the mercury barely reaches 50 degrees F.
Unfortunately, the same laws do not apply to those lacking youth. Especially when you’ve been raised in sweltering, hot, and humid south Florida for over 25 years.
The adaptability curve is a little bit steeper.
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great photos and I like the out look on life you have
Wayne’s last blog post..Photo Friday
March 6th, 2009 at 12:47 am
I don’t ever remember being cold when I was a kid. I would stay our all day if I was allowed. I don’t like to stay out more than five minutes now if I can help it.
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March 6th, 2009 at 1:24 am
The reverse is true for Robert and me. We moved from the cold to the heat and humidity. We have found it much easier to adapt to the warm climate. We now complain when the temperature drops to 50 and heaven forbid it to get to 39 that must be freezing. Summers are easy — just stay in under the air conditioner.
Great pictures of the two of you.
Patsy’s last blog post..Lunch Date with a Younger Man
March 6th, 2009 at 2:37 am
I’m up there on that curve. I’m finally trying to adjust after 20 some years to the cold…
Shellie’s last blog post..The Gift
March 6th, 2009 at 3:08 am
I cannot handle the cold weather at all! This winter is dragging on way too long for me. My electric blanket is my BFF!
dysfunctional mom’s last blog post..To Nag or Not, Updated.
March 6th, 2009 at 5:41 am
It really puzzles me why kids easily get hot. Even if my daughter is in an air conditioned room, she still sweats.
ceemee’s last blog post..TV For Tots
March 6th, 2009 at 7:48 am
That is so true! Kids are so much better at adapting.
I must have voted less than 24 hours ago because it won’t let me vote again. I’ll try again later.
Kat’s last blog post..Boy or Girl?
March 6th, 2009 at 8:18 am
Haha, isn’t that the truth?!
So funny how children are able to adapt to, well, anything, but us? Not so much!
Allison’s last blog post..Wordless Wednesday: Dork is in the Genes
March 6th, 2009 at 8:31 am
I so so so so wish I were in CA right now. I need sun. I seem to recall something about a big yellow ball in the sky, but it’s a fuzzy memory.
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March 6th, 2009 at 8:59 am
Happily children are resistant. Where would the human race be?
Voted for you and am visiting thanks to Jenners.
See you soon!
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March 6th, 2009 at 9:37 am
I have always called Chicago home. Sweated in the Summer. Frozen in the Winter. Spring and Fall have always been the most survivable, in terms of heat, or the lack of it, and humidity. But as I get older (and BOY, am I getting older), I find myself more and more friendly to heat and humidity (Like that lovely week in Trinidad) and much less so to cold – over even ‘chilly’. You and me, babe. Let’s run away to Florida.
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March 6th, 2009 at 9:45 am
Great blog, I popped over from Jenners’ and she’s right–your blog is fabulous. Congrats on being nominated for the MB Awards. That’s a big deal since there are a LOT of us mommy bloggers! What did I do before the blogosphere found me.. (oh yes, I cleaned my house.)
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March 6th, 2009 at 10:14 am
Such great captures! I too love the snow…from a distance. I’ve lived in it all my life but I still find it very cold. lol!
Alisha’s last blog post..PhotoStory Friday – 15 Month Check Up
March 6th, 2009 at 10:17 am
I’m freezing just looking at you with that huge coat and fly hat!
My kids run around nekkid all winter long and never get cold…what gives?
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March 6th, 2009 at 10:48 am
My son is ALWAYS hot. He sleeps in his underwear WITH a fan.
It always amazes me how kids can spend hours at a time in the snow – toes, fingers and noses all numb. But I guess I was like that too, before I went and got all danged grown-up. *blah*
March 6th, 2009 at 11:30 am
I’m dreading that about moving up north – it’s SO much colder up there! Although the boys will get used to it easily enough, I don’t think I ever will…
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March 6th, 2009 at 11:38 am
We moved to WI from Corpus Christi TX five years ago and I feel like your daughter, too hot at 50.
I hope you adjust soon. 
Lisa’s Chaos’s last blog post..Starfish Macro Monday
March 6th, 2009 at 11:54 am
Great pictures! I don’t miss living in the snow at all! Babisodes looks like she is having a blast though.
perpstu’s last blog post..I Write Things the World May Never See
March 6th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
wait. complains about the heat when it’s over 50????!!!!!!! say it ain’t so!! i would wonder “whose child is this???” if that happened to me! you have shown me if i move to NYC i have to move out before they can get all cold crazy!! wow!!! lol
jameil’s last blog post..My President Moment
March 6th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
haha! Love the picture…but I’m with you. 50 degrees is still wayyy too cold for me!
Emily’s last blog post..PSF – cars!
March 6th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
The weather here has been brutal, and very unusual for my area. I think the same is probably true for Boston, which got clobbered with snow over and over. Hang in there!
I voted on a previous day.
Dot’s last blog post..OpenOffice Extensions
March 6th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Having grown up in Nebraska and now Colorado… the snow has always been a welcome part of my life.
The past few winters when we frequent California, I’ve always gotten quite the giggle when “locals” are in their winter coats at 50 degrees and I’m ready to jump in a swimming pool *lol*
Jac’s last blog post..Let me be Homer, you be Marge!
March 6th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
I’m cold from October to May!! So, I totally understand where you’re coming from.
Joyce-Anne’s last blog post..This is it
March 6th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
I lived in NY for most of my life and then moved to NC and now reside in MD. I hate the cold up here and wish I was back in the south. Before I didn’t know any different, but now, I need my weather to be less cold and more warmth.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
You’re so right! Adaptation is definitely key (and harder to do the older you get)!
MamaGeek’s last blog post..Stir-Crazy.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Know what’s worse? Growing up in freezing cold Massachusetts, moving to sunny southern CA and then realizing your teeth are chattering when it’s 50 degrees. And sunny. Can you say wussified?
I voted for you! Best of luck! You rock.
BusyDad’s last blog post..Worst American Idol Post. Ever.
March 6th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
I love the snow angel… soo hmm just got something about it. Almost like a holga photo feel to it. but I love it
peter’s last blog post..Colors in nature
March 6th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
We moved eight miles when the Grouch was three.
He never forgave us.
I don’t think adaptability is a youth trait. I think it’s a genetic trait.
As for cold, there is no way I could live in the snow ridden north. My hubby is from CANADA, and he walks around in t-shirts all winter and whines about the heat at 80. I’m from Texas, and I won’t go out in the winter (at no less than 40 degrees) without four layers.
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March 6th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
I love the cold, always have!! My daughter is the same. We suck in the summer though.. we are miserable!
great post! and great shots!
kel’s last blog post..I’ll be back Monday…
March 6th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Too cute! We’re going through somethign similar here. We moved from NJ to Seattle. Me and hub are having a harder time adjusting than the kids are!
Cookie’s last blog post..Burger King Emergency
March 6th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
I feel ya! I grew up in Tennessee winters. I could not go back now having lived in sunny Florida for so long. Stay warm!
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March 6th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
LOL at 21 i guess i should be experiencing the claws of being an adult but you know what i am lucky my parents still ‘baby’ me LOL i enjoy it a lot
PM’s last blog post..A Great DEMO-lition
March 6th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Maturity sucks — sometimes. I love that snow angel picture!
Oh and I voted for you.
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March 6th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
hahaha. I can’t imagine being that cold. We get a few days of cold weather and I am done.
Amanda’s last blog post..Weekend Plans
March 6th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
I’m with you–enough of this cold! I’m so happy that spring is on its way.
Asianmommy’s last blog post..Lucky Bamboo
March 6th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
I am convinced that small children do not have internal thermostats … my son never seems to get hot or cold … no matter how uncomfortable I am!
And will you please stop promoting your giveaway!??? The more people who enter, the less chance I have to win. So do you see the problem? Thank you! : )
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March 7th, 2009 at 12:15 am
I don’t know what I love more…these pics or your lovely hat. You are both adorable!!
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March 7th, 2009 at 2:16 am
You are too cute in that hat, Ms Executive Producer!
Jannie Funster’s last blog post..Seriously Weird!
March 7th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Love the hat! And the pics are great. I definitely think we all those that resilience as we age. My kids outlast me in the snow all the time!
March 7th, 2009 at 11:46 am
I adore the picture of your daughter making a snow angel
too cute! And love the shot of you all bundled up! 
March 7th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
It’s a hard-knock life, to be sure.
patois’s last blog post..The Weekly Wonderings #99
March 7th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
It is SO much easier for them to adapt than us more seasoned people!
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March 7th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Cute post – I am hoping you win – can I vote more than once?
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March 8th, 2009 at 1:38 am
My vote is up too!
I hope you win this!
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March 8th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Babisodes looks like she is having so much fun making that snow angel. I couldn’t what it would be like moving from a warmer climate to a colder one. Even though we have super long winters here, I don’t think I could ever move to a place that stays warmer year round. I love my seasons!
Jeanne’s last blog post..Old vs New
March 8th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
I have lived here all my life and I am still cold!
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March 8th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Babisodes seem to be having a lot of fun. Your winter is really prolonged, isn’t it. Darn. In my country we’re having an early summer and the heat is driving me nuts.
katcarneo’s last blog post..Field Trip
March 9th, 2009 at 3:26 am
Oh, the heat and cold! I am a cold wimp. But eventually I get used to it, and then it’s back to the sweltering heat again!
What a cute baby Babisodes!
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March 9th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
Ah a very true sentiment indeed. The young do seem to adapt far quicker than the older.
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March 10th, 2009 at 9:33 am