The Mad Hatter

I'll start this story by saying that I teach PreK for those who don't know.  Sometimes this leads me to some fun things that I otherwise would not find.  Recently, one of the little girls in my class wore a hat of her mom's to school because they couldn't find hers as they were trying to get out the door and on their way to school and work.  It was the cutest winter hat I have ever seen.  It was a sock monkey hat.  I decided that I'd really like to have one of my own, so when I got home from work, I looked online and found that there are a lot of options for sock monkey hats, including my favorite color -- pink!  You could also order matching mittens.  Since it is pretty darned cold outside in the winter at recess and bus time, I decided to just order some and be done with it.

That's all well and good, I'm sure you all are thinking.  I thought so, too.  Finally, Saturday morning, the package arrived in the mail.  Curiously, I peered into the package as I opened it.  There, in all it's bright pink glory it was!  I pulled it out and I have to say, I did not have any buyer's remorse.  It's darned cute and the height of PreK fashion. 

Apparently, it's not just the height of PreK fashion, either.  Bunny and Blueberry are obsessed with my hat and mittens.  They are usually pretty calm, but they were like wild dingos or wolves, circling me and my new stuff as I sat on the couch.  I didn't like the looks in their eyes.

Me:  Back off, girls!  It's mine!

Bunny:  (staring intently, not at me, but at the hat)  If you say so...

Blueberry:  (licking her chops as she nearly drools)  There's one of you and two of us!  We'll just see!

Me:  That's it!  I'm putting these up!

I got up and went to the kitchen to put the hat and mittens in my coat pockets.  The girls circled the table, eyeballing the mittens on the table as I stuffed the hat into my pocket.  After finally getting that done, I stuffed the mittens in the correct pockets, making sure I got them in there all the way.  Darned if the girls didn't keep stalking my coat for about five minutes before their instinct to nap took over.

I ordered them their own sock monkey collars which hopefully will satisfy them, but I'm not holding my breath.  I guess you just never know what things will become a hot fashion trend!

Going for walks could get very interesting around here!