Masking

Gabriel has set up the play room as a store. He did this for months over the winter, and I got him to put it away after he stopped playing with it for a while. But, today it opened back up.

And, as he was getting ready to go "shopping" in the store, David asked Pablo where his face mask was, because he needed it to go to the store.

We have not talked all that much about wearing face masks. They have worn theirs a bit. In April we went on a family hike on a path where we saw a lot more people on than expected. David has tried his on a few times. They have seen other people wearing them when we're on walks. But, David gathered that going into the store required a mask because of hearing Pablo and I talk to each other.

I'm hoping that masking will not feel scary to them. That if Gabriel needs to wear one when he begins school that it can be maybe only a slight inconvenience, not something that feels frightening. But, that worry is for another day.

I understand that masking is really to keep other people safe from our germs, and I'm very confident that we don't have anything dangerous to share. But, once things loosen up, I guess we just don't know. And so we will take precautions.