Winter gear vent

[daycarewhisperer]

I provide ALL outdoor gear. That includes Gap warmest coats, gap and assorted hats, sweatpants, sweatshirts, shoes and I make each kid a mitted sweatshirt that goes OVER their coats to protect their hands. Here's a pic of some kids with the sweatshirts on: http://www.nanshouse.com/apps/photos...toid=142470737

The mitted sweatshirts are an extra layer of warmth and because they are double layered they are great mittens without the work of putting on mittens.

The quality of kids gear has gotten so bad that I can't rely on it. I have two of eight kids right now who have already gone thru one coat and we've just had a handful of cold days. The zippers have already broken and most of the kids from home coats have failed velcro already. It used to be by Febuary the stuff started breaking down. Now the quality is so bad the stuff is useless by November.

I have very high quality gear so I just use my own. It takes a ton of real estate and cost a ton of money to accumulate BUT no matter what... every kid has what they need every day.