Blooming Hats

My daughter is 8 now and refuses to wear hats to school. "Don't mess up my haiiiir," she whines every morning as I try to wiggle her into the wool tie-dye hat I've picked up recently. She will take it off as soon as I close the door as she's walking to the school bus. I know because I still peak through the curtain after her as she's running down the sidewalk and meeting up with the bus. I can't help it; she's still my baby! And that baby used to have as big a hat collection as the cute little shoes and Robeez we had stored in the closet (the shoe fetish was mine, the hats she didn't mind.)

Last night I was watching the latest episode of Private Practice online and recognized the cute little hat Naomi's granddaughter was wearing. I knew I had seen something similar recently. Cute little girl's boutique Happy Chickadee never fails me on treasure hunts such as this one. So here's Jamie Rae's peony version, sold in many countries around the world including China! I'm impressed. I guess a girl is a girl is a girl and needs to feel special regardless of what language she speaks, but may no longer dress the way you want her to dress after a certain age. So put your babies in blooming hats and enjoy these times while you can.