Thanksgiving rolled in on a blast of icy winter. That is our backyard. In case you were wondering. Our backyard which is located in Vermont, not Siberia though you wouldn't notice the difference sometimes. It's brutally cold and people talk funny. Plummeting mercury, ice and snow, ushered fall out like a cranky bouncer does a unwelcome bar fly. The shock of it caused a round of colds and probable ear infections and other general wintery symptoms in our house. The humans and animals resorted to whatever coping technique that was available to deal with the sudden decent into the dead of winter. The animals took comfort in the wood stove, and the rest of us had to make do with sweaters and grouchy morning grumbles. We discovered, unfortunately, that Leo not only reacts to extreme heat, but also to extreme cold. Many special needs kids have temperature regulation issues, but till now, other then getting a seizure during a rare Vermont heatwave, the little l