I sent Corwin out to the cold, snowy bus stop in his fall jacket. Mom and I had been concerned about him being cold and so I spent some time this morning reuniting his parka and liner so that he’d have something warm to wear. Our parental concern was no match for Corwin’s fashion sense, however. He refused to wear his heavier jacket. He wouldn’t articulate the exact reason, but I suspect that it was because his fall jacket is red and his parka is not. Corwin’s main stated reason was that if he wore the parka no one would recognize him and would think that he was a new kid. I indicated that I didn’t find this fear well founded, as they had recognized him in the first part of the school year when he wasn’t wearing any jacket. Nonetheless, Corwin managed to look so pathetic (and claimd that he hadn’t been cold the day before) that I let him out. He’s generally not out there that long so it shouldn’t be a major problem if he’s just cold for a bit.