Say Pardner...DRAW!

Reid decided to test out a pair of our friend Keith's authentic cowboy boots. Our general fascination with boots (strange, I know) was born from the standard 'fire boot' model and expanded when it was understood that Woody (from Toy Story, not Woody Guthrie) wore cowboy boots.

Woody has become a hero, aligned as he is with, of course, Buzz Lightyear and also, with the good people who operate America's family farms.

That's right, Reid loves farmers. (This does, if you think about it, get into Woody Guthrie terrority, by the way.) It appears that various farmers appear in books for children from "Muncha Muncha Muncha" to "Duck for President." Farmers are generally seen, in Reid's worldview, as good people, with hats.

The other day, Reid encountered a man at the Container Store wearing a cowboy hat. Since the hat was not brown (like Woody's), he wasn't a cowboy, however. He was a farmer. The man took this in stride, thankfully.

Katrena tracked down an old sunhat and gave it to Reid to wear as his farmer/cowboy hat. He looks funny in a woman's sunhat, and I'm trying to see if I can get a picture of it to show everybody. It's quite funny.

Sorry about making the grandiose pledge to post nightly until Christmas and then breaking it on the first night. The cookie oddyssey unfolded into a second night (baklava!) and quickly turned ugly. One more night of cookie baking tomorrow and I'm through. Well, maybe some more baklava.

Okay, goodnight.