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July 25, 2003
Hat?
Bubs is spending the week with my mom & dad....having a grand old time from the sound of things. He & my dad make daily forays through the fields on the four-wheeler with one of my dad's rat terriers riding in a basket on the back....which tickles Bubs to no end. My dad told me a story yesterday that I found hard to believe....Bubs insists on wearing a hat when they go for a ride.
I found that hard to believe because not only has Bubs ALWAYS absolutely refused to wear a hat, he won't even let me wear one. If I even pick one up, he screams "NO! NO HAT! MA! NO!" until I put it down. I have no idea why. But my dad is from a generation in which men wear hats outside, and almost always has some type of hat or cap on....the fact that he's going bald has nothing to do with this I'm sure.
At any rate, my dad said they were getting ready to go for a ride and Bubs pointed to where my dad's old raggedy-ass straw hat complete with a large hole in the crown was hanging and asked "Hat?". My dad of course hands it to him, and Bubs plops it firmly on his own head. Bubs then points to my dad's new hat and says "Hat.", and my dad puts his hat on. Bubs is then ready to go, proudly wearing his hat just like Poppie's. Of course, my dad's hat is just a bit too big for Bubs (my dad wears a size 7 5/8, which is, in case you don't know, incredibly huge) so Bubs has to tilt it back on his head so he can see. He wore it for most of their ride, until he got annoyed with it falling down over his eyes....at which point my dad said Bubs took it off and carefully held it in his lap until they got back to the house. And now he insists on wearing it every time they go riding. I told my dad I guess the reason we'd never been able to get him to wear a hat was that we'd never bought him the right style....which is apparently an oversized beaten-up straw hat with a hole in the crown.
My mom, thank goodness, grabbed the camera and took photos. I hope they turn out well....I'll post one when I get a copy. My dad's not in the habit of fibbing in the least, but I'm gonna have to see proof of this one.
Posted by Rita at July 25, 2003 07:59 AM
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Those are the kind of stories that make me glad to be an Uncle. I'm grinning as I write this, thinking of Bubs riding with his Poppie.
Posted by: Keith at July 25, 2003 03:24 PM
OPC's (Other People's Children) are so much more fun than one's own. All kids love my dad, he spoils them rotten and is just a big kid himself.
Posted by: Rita at July 25, 2003 04:36 PM
Spense used to do the same thing.
Now, it's impossible to get a hat off the kid.
Posted by: Da Goddess at July 27, 2003 02:19 AM