Gabriel's Hats

As you can see from the pictures above Gabriel is going through a hat phase. I can remember trying when he was younger to get him to wear hats. If it lasted longer than 5 seconds we were doing good. Now it seems to work in reverse. If the hat is off longer than 5 seconds there is an emotional break down, followed by "peas, peas, peas" until the hat is back on. (P.S. peas is Gabriel speak for please.) I think I put the Bengals hat on about 20 times this morning before we even left the house. There was also a point this morning where is was wearing the Bengals hat and wanted to wear the drawer on his head too. We had to then have a talk about how we can only wear one hat at a time, the Bengals hat or the clear plastic drawer hat. Now, I am sure you are wondering why I am even calling that a hat. I call it that because it is worn as a hat EVERY DAY!!! We have three drawers where all the toys are kept. The one that holds the blocks is ALWAYS empty and usually worn on Gabriel's head. Which then in turn means the blocks are all over the living room floor, he's not playing with them just walking around with his clear plastic drawer hat on. So, the other day when his friends were over to play, two drawers full of toys lay on the living room floor and they played in the kitchen with the drawers on their heads. Similar to playing with the boxes at Christmas instead of the toys. Lastly, there is his daddy's welding cap. That one is only when daddy comes home and he laughs as he steals it from Andy and puts it on his head.
Three hats, three different personalities. He is becoming such the little man!