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Hi. I'm Amanda...a happy wife and mom to three awesome guys. We've lived here in Fort Collins for more than 20 years and are proud to call it home. Before moving to CO, I worked at a city attorney's office, making use of my law and Master's degrees from Duke. After settling in Fort Collins, I homeschooled my three (now teenage and older) sons and was delighted to experience music classes, soccer, karate, swim team, archery, Science Olympiad, First Lego League, parkour, and climbing (not all at the same time!). From 2005-10, I was also a contributing editor for a national scrapbooking magazine, authoring a book and a couple of monthly columns. From 2009-10, I founded and ran the Good Grief Blog. I enjoy learning new things, spending time with my family, volunteering with The Matthews House, traveling and indoor rock climbing.

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Thursday
Jul122007

Best $1.50 ever...

DateThursday, July 12, 2007 at 01:02AM

So we were at Target the other day and the dollar spot was looking a little bare. But. They had three lonely straw cowboy hats on clearance...just $0.50 each. I figured you couldn't get much better than that, such a deal, right? I bought them mainly just because of the deal factor and because they were cute. I figured the boys could add them to their "costume" pile (you know, for pretend play and all).

Well, the boys surprised me by being simply delighted by these hats. Almost as soon as I put it on his head, Micah whipped it off with one hand, swung it in the air and yelled "woohoo!" which, apparently, is his version of "yeehaw!" since his brothers followed suit shortly thereafter. (If you're wondering where he learned this, you can thank the Backyardigans' "Ridin' the Range" episode.) The older two decided that they should all be cowboys for Halloween (yes, somehow they were already thinking about Halloween) and I can't wait...they'll make such adorable little cowboys! (assuming, of course, that they don't change their minds between now and then, which is entirely probable)

Here's a picture of them wearing their hats in the backyard...pretending to be cowboys holding down the fort. (Noah's gearing up for a big "yeehaw!" which explains why his arm is up in the air like that.) 

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Such a simple thing. Definitely the best $1.50 I've spent in a long time.  

AuthorAmanda | Comment6 Comments |

Reader Comments (6)

that picture is too cute! I love when simple things turn into such pleasure :)

this is my 1st time at your blog and love it!

July 12, 2007 | Unregistered Commentermelissa

FUN! Don't you love it when that happens?! Very cute pic BTW!

July 12, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterKate

love those little things that end up being the best thing ever. such a cute shot of your little guys and their new hats. :)

July 12, 2007 | Unregistered Commentermelanie

too cute!

July 12, 2007 | Unregistered Commenterslammie

That picture is so cute!
Now I've got the song from that episode stuck in my head!! :)

July 12, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterAllison Davis

Oh my goodness, how cute is that!!!!
Perfect photo!
Now I have that song in my head ...'riding the range, riding the range, riding the range...wahooo!'.
(yes, I've seen the episode once or twice :) )

July 13, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterLinda

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