If the Boot Fits...

What is that item clutched in Ella's hand? Clutched in her well-mittened, snow-suited hand? (Because it was chilly our there today!)
Chilly? What enterprising young woman is going to let 'chilly' get in the way of removing her outerwear?

The boot was returned to the foot, where, with some monitoring on my part, it stayed. To the tots' dismay, party-pooping is indeed in my job description.