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>It has been an unusually warm october with summery >temperatures until yesterday and all the kids happily >spending their days in shorts and T-shirts. Now a cold >front with rain is ending this period, for the >expected lower temperatures I have knit legwarmers of >soft wool for all three children, with elastic on top >and a snug cuff around the ankle, suiting their sizes >and preferences. >My 11 year old daughter got them in brick red, long >enough to reach from thigh to ankle. She can combine >them with shorts or short skirts when it's not so cold >and wear them under long pants into winter. >She has grown her toenails slightly longer, filed them >nicely and painted them in bright orange toenail >polish. She says walking barefoot is part of her style >and identity and would like to keep it up as long as >she can bear it. Her feet are slim but with nicely >splayed toes, shaped "roman" so the first and second >toe on each foot are the same length, her soles smooth >and leathery where they touch the ground. When going >out she loves to have "city soles" as she calls it, >keeping her feet neat and clean except for the bottoms >of her toes, balls and heels blackened from city dirt, >standing out against her pale arches. From what I read >in this forum she's not alone among girls of her age >with this preference. >For my 13 year old son I made night blue legwarmers >reaching from knee to ankle. He is growing steadily, >so he has certainly outgrown all his shoes, his feet >are strong and muscular shaped almost like an adult >man's, with high arches. As he says his feet are good >for everything so he won't need any shoes for fall and >winter. We will see. >The younger son (9 years old) got his legwarmers in a >cheerful green. He has cute little child feet still >but is no less capable than his siblings when it comes >to climbing, hiking difficult terrains or walking all >day in a busy, dirty big city. He really enjoys his >barefoot activities and I can imagine him going on >until it snows, maybe even then. >I'm glad and proud of all my children's abilities and >their confidence, though I also warned them of the >dangers of feet going numb in freezing temperatures, >toes going pale and catching frostbite on their tips. >Fortunately we're still long away from such risks. >It's the first year all three of them are eager to go >barefoot into winter, I certainly support them all. >It's so practical not having to wait for them to find >their shoes when leaving the house, not having to keep >track of everybody's foot sizes, not having to wash >lots of dirty socks, dry and sort them for every child. >I'm now putting on my sneakers and coat, taking my >barefoot children to town where they'll certainly love >showing off their new legwarmers and find >opportunities to rustle their naked toes in fallen >leaves!

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