Rainy Season

Inspired by last week's rain showers, Front Yard mom Sara Hinkley shares some reflections on the changing seasons.

On Friday at CCC, we had our first big rain of the season. Most of the kids enjoyed the drizzle for a while, pulling out coats and boots and sticking it out on the hill. But as the rain got heavier almost everyone moved indoors. (And I got my first taste of the lovely spirited chaos that is indoors on a rainy day!) We had fun getting everyone into warm clothes and feeling cozy.

By lunchtime, only Nolan was still outside: "I still need to be getting wet!" he told Auden over and over. But finally it was time to dry off for lunch, and so he did.

I often think of the Bay Area as a place without real seasons, and feel a bit wistful trying to explain snow to Ethan, or remembering the warm summer evenings I spent playing outside as a kid. But life at CCC has felt very attuned to the seasons lately, and seeing all the changes through a preschooler's eyes reminds me that the cycles of life are rich with possibilities for learning and exploring.

-- Sara Hinkley (Ethan, FY)
(Ethan's favorite book about rain is In The Rain With Baby Duck)