The Pink Cap

The other evening I was painting in the basement and had on an old hat from work.  The type of hat is a Landry cap that protects a welder's head from sparks.  The two girls found the hat to be cool.  I both of them try it on.  They thought they were cool.   


I got to thinking as they tried the hat on.  

Hey Gabby, Olivia: I have a pink work hat just like that one. I'll have to find it.


They get all giddy whenever their dad wears pink.  They love my pink shirts, so they were pretty engrossed in dad's pink work hat.


As they finished their dinners I went and found the pink Landry cap I had tucked away in the bottom of my clothes closet.  I had to make sure to shake the spiders out before I showed it to them.


Here's the deal girls: the first one to get done putting away all their toys gets to wear the hat first. 

Gabby and Olivia had mad a monstrous mess with their toys in the basement and they worked together to put everything away.  They both wanted to wear the pink welding cap first!!!


They cleaned everything nicely but Olivia got done first, which was a very first for her, so she got to wear the pink cap.  I told Olivia she had to share the cap with Gabby, take turns.  Olivia got to be cool like daddy for a little while and then she let Gabby wear it so that Gabby could clean her room and be cool while she did it.


The hat worked like magic.  As Gabby cleaned her room, I helped Olivia with hers. 


Rooms clean + beds made + pajamas + toothbrush = bedtime at 8pm.  

Boy did I ever trick them with this silly hat.  We'll see how much momentum with chores we can maintain with the cap............





Yes I did catch some hell for wearing a pink hat while at work.  All good fun though.  But my girls find my work hat highly amusing.  Went from getting teased at work to now getting teased by a 4 and 5 year old set of girls.