I Wanna Be A Cowboy

Biscuit seems to be quite taken with horses these days. If you recall, he had a spell with horses one time before, but because his pronunciation was a little off, it sounded like he was referring to a lady of the evening when he tried to talk about them.

He's got it down pat now, though. And any time he sees a horse or a cowboy in a book or on TV, he goes nuts and has to find the horse that goes with his farm set. Tonight, after seeing a cowboy on TV, Biscuit had to hold the horse from his farm set and a cookie cutter horse that goes with a Play-Dough set.

This past week, he saw a cowboy on TV, jumped out of his chair and ran up to the TV. "NEED COWBOY HAT, DAD!!! NEED COWBOY HAT!!!" Biscuit screamed.

"I don't think we have a cowboy hat," I told Biscuit.

But quick-thinking Jeff said, "I know where we can get a cowboy hat, boy, come with me." Jeff started walking toward our bedroom with Biscuit hot on his heels.

When they got back to the living room, Biscuit was WAY too excited. "Got cowboy hat, Mom!"

He was wearing an Atlantic Beach bucket hat with the sides rolled up. It did sorta have the shape of a cowboy hat. Biscuit was thrilled, and Jeff was quite pleased with himself and his creative efforts, too.

Biscuit strutted around the living room for a few minutes, and then it was like a lightbulb went off over his head.

"Got cowboy hat, Mom," Biscuit said.

"I see your hat. That's a cool cowboy hat," I said to him.

"NEED COWBOY HORSE!!!" Biscuit yelled.

Good thing he has one of the Radio Flyer bouncing horses to ride. I'm not sure if even Mr. Creative Jeff could've come up with a substitute for that.