My 9-year-old son is a Boise State football fan. He likes being different, and the blue turf at Bronco Stadium is as different as it gets.
Not long ago, he decided he wanted a Boise State baseball cap. We looked first at a cap store in Northgate Mall and found a nice one that fit.
“I can get it cheaper on Amazon,” he said, and handed the cap back to the sales associate.
Indeed, he ordered a cap online a few weeks later, and after five days it arrived by UPS in a small brown box. My son ripped open the package and popped the hat on his head. I saw him deflate. The cap was about three sizes too small; it looked like a beanie on a boulder.
As his eyes began to water, my younger son zipped through the room and confiscated the cap, which fit perfectly on his 4-year-old head. I promised my older son we would go back to the mall the next day to find a cap that fit, and we did.