You Need a Hat

Daddy was on his way out the door this morning to go to work, when Madison stopped him:

"Wait! You need a hat."

It was funny to hear from her. Was Daddy's hair messed up or something? One look at Mommy said that it wasn't exactly messy. It must be a whim that Madison had: Daddy needed a hat.

Daddy promptly went to a nearby room and got a Mad Hatter hat.

"How's this?"

"NO!" she laughed.

Daddy went and tried another hat, a Viking helmet.

"How about this one?"

"NO!" she said. "That's a costume hat."

Daddy then went and found a baseball glove to put on.

"This one?" he asked.

"NO!" she said. "That's not a hat at all!"

That's when Daddy got his ball cap, and put it on.

"This one?"

"Yes, that's a hat," she told me. I didn't think I needed a hat, but regardless, today I wore one. I was ready to go out the door once more, when she made one more pronouncement:

"Wait! Group hug!"

Madison loves group hugs with the family. Mommy, Daddy and Madison got together in the kitchen right there for a big group hug.

"Bye, bye!" she said immediately afterwards.

And then, it was time to go.