Lucy and Hats

You may have noticed on the blog here that Lucy and Jasper like to wear hats. In fact, I would say more often than not, Lucy has on a hat even when she's inside and it isn't required. Often a knit hat, but sometimes a fancy hat or a sun hat, or (my personal favorite) a Little House on the Prairie-style bonnet. (Lucy scored that bonnet from her friend Sophia whose Mom gave it to Lucy BEFORE Sophia had caught the bonnet bug herself by reading the Little House books. Fortunately, everything was made right when Sophia's grandma bought her another bonnet.) But anyway, the day Lucy doesn't feel perfectly comfortable throwing on the bonnet and going to the grocery store will be a sad day indeed.
In addition to wearing hats, Lucy also likes to make hats and made the crown you see on Rob here just for him one day. Then the next day she set to making three more crowns for the rest of the family - I think that project got stalled by a cantankerous crown that refused to fit properly. But anyway, as far as I can tell, Lucy digs outrageous fashion. Eye-catching is more important to her than harmonious; fancy prized over subtle; if her display can actually make the observers (or wearer) slightly uncomfortable or off-balance, all the better. Although, being vast, she does tend towards symetrical. But generally not one for the status quo, this one. She's been inquiring of me about pictures of people in magazines. Anyone who knows me, knows that this is not exactly my area of expertise, but we do our best to explore this topic together. After our discussion, she declared that, when it comes to fashion, she is equally interested in designing clothes, choosing outfits, taking photographs and being the model for the photographs. When I pointed out that usually a person picks out one of those areas to focus on and does it very well, she says, yes, but I am very good at all of those things; I don't know which I'll choose. And then she usually ties on her silk wings and goes out to swing or walk on the top of our fence like a balance beam, talking to herself all the while.