Pierce and the Wind

Today we were playing at Nana's house in the backyard. Since the weather has finally gotten warm that's usually all they want to do. It was almost a record hot day (near 90!), but there was a pretty decent breeze. There are a lot of tall trees in the backyard and the wind was whipping through them pretty strongly, causing them to sway and rustle the leaves. We'd been out there for a little while when we noticed Pierce freezing in his tracks, with a concerned look on his face, looking all around. It didn't even occur to me what it was until he kept saing "co, co" over and over for cold. It's so sweet to me to watch them search for a way to express themselves and then land on the closest thing they know. The sweet, little babe knew he could feel something on him that was cooler than the air so he said cold! We realized that it the sound and feeling was scaring him and he kept saying "co" throughout the rest of the time. We kept trying to reassure him and explain, but it's just one of those nebulous topics- especially to a 2 year old. I even tried to explain that God made the wind, but then thought maybe I better not hammer that one home since he was already scared of it! Plus I'm not sure how much good it would have done since he can't see or understand much about God either. :) It was just another little moment frozen in time that I got to see the big world from their little eyes.