WHY do they take their clothes off so much?

[ailbhe]

This morning, both children were washed, hair brushed, teeth cleaned, dressed, fed breakfast, and out running errands (bottle bank, ALL the charity shops, and because we got very cold in the playground, chips for lunch) and then we came home and they took all their clothes off.

It's not even all that warm in here, really.

Gah.

Still, the charity shops took lots of old toys and sold us some books, so that's good.

Comments

[rosefox]

What's so odd about taking one's clothes off when one gets home? I know plenty of people who do it all the time. Clothing protects you from weather. Homes have temperature control. Who needs clothing indoors?

[ailbhe]

When it's time to go out again, will I have the energy to re-dress them? Also, homes have temperature control, ish, but we don't usually keep this place warm enough for hanging around with no clothes on, because that's very wasteful.

[rosefox]

Maybe your kids like to be cold? *) But yes, it does make more sense to keep clothes on if one is going to go out again.

[ailbhe]

It also makes sense as a stop-mum-from-boring-supermarket-shopping tactic, because I *am* too tired to non-angrily persuade them to get dressed. They are beginning to get cranky from being cold though.