The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Emme asks to go outside many times a day. Before the snow, when she asked to go outside, it usually meant that she had some business to take care of. Since the snow, it may mean that, or it may mean that she just wants to go outside to sniff and eat snow. Sometimes she will go outside, do her business, come inside and ask to go out again in just a few minutes. I am never sure if it is business or pleasure. After a couple of unproductive trips outside I begin telling Emme that I am going to tell her the story of the boy who cried "Wolf." If she keeps asking to go out and does nothing, she may not go out again. Just when I am sure that it is another snow sniffing trip, she will go outside and leave a big pile of doodles. That's how much I know.