You may remember that Ian wanted to be Splat the Cat for Halloween. Also, you may remember that, lacking confidence in Splat’s availability as a commercially produced halloween costume, Mommy was knitting Ian a Splat the Cat Hat. So now you are thinking… “yes, very funny… and the child wearing it is adorable and IS NOT IAN.” You’re right. She’s not. One of Ian’s friends graciously agreed to model it for me, because the total time this thing has spent on Ian’s head since I completed it two weeks ago is about 48 seconds.

It’s not that he doesn’t like it. He does. In fact, he loves it. He thinks it is hilarious. He thinks Mommy should make its mouth. And he likes to stand in front of the mirror and play putiton takeitoff putiton takeitoff putiton takeitoff for long periods of time. Too bad this is not at all photogenic.

So I went to Target and spent $8 on a mass-produced Fireman costume. That, he’ll wear.