Last week, we enjoyed several days in the mid-60s with glorious sunshine. It felt unseasonable for November, but who was I to complain? I walked for five (or six) consecutive days. It was glorious!
Cooler weather moved in over the weekend. With that, hats and hoods made their way onto my children’s heads when they went outside today. When I looked at them, prepped for both the cold weather they were going to walk in and the encounters they were about to have with people outside of our household, I laughed. Between their winter head coverings and their masks for COVID safety, I barely found their faces!
Every now and then they agree to be photographed when I find something funny. I’m thankful each of them humored me today. Isabelle’s mask is a CastleGrade G7. Ari’s mask is a three-ply polar bear mask from Old Navy.
Could you imagine what they’d look like if they donned a pair of sunglasses too?
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I am a literacy consultant who focuses on writing workshop. I've been working with K-6 teachers and students since 2009. Prior to that, I was a fourth and fifth-grade teacher in New York City and Rhode Island.
I'm the author of Craft Moves (Stenhouse Publishers, 2016) and the co-author of Jump Into Writing (Zaner-Bloser, 2021), Welcome to Writing Workshop (Stenhouse Publishers, 2019), and Day By Day (Stenhouse, 2010).
I live in Central Pennsylvania with my husband and children. In my free time, I enjoy swimming, doing Pilates, cooking, baking, making ice cream, and reading novels.
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Yes! My face HAS been swallowed by masks and hats! Some masks are worse than others about trying to creep up and take over one’s face… and your picture is utterly priceless.
We are quite far into the school year and I still find myself surprised to see a child without a mask and realize I don’t really know their faces! Of course some kids nearly always have a bare face. I imagine many of them think the same about me and wouldn’t recognize me with my mask off!
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Just think, Stacey, if they wore sunglasses as well people could ask, “And who is that behind those Foster Grants?” Am I dating myself?
My impression is that we will ALL begin to look like “bank robbers” this winter as we cover all but our EYES!
Great pic! I remember welcoming masks last winter as another way to keep warm when the temperature dropped.
The best part of wearing a mask is how well it keeps your face warm. Cute kid pics!
Yes! My face HAS been swallowed by masks and hats! Some masks are worse than others about trying to creep up and take over one’s face… and your picture is utterly priceless.
We are quite far into the school year and I still find myself surprised to see a child without a mask and realize I don’t really know their faces! Of course some kids nearly always have a bare face. I imagine many of them think the same about me and wouldn’t recognize me with my mask off!