Ear Muffs!!! (Take 2)

Eileigh, who loves all things Daddy, has become extremely attached to "helping" Mike mow the lawn. Don't cringe, she doesn't stand behind it to help push. :) She gets perched in the hiking backpack high up on Mike's back and rides around looking happy as a little clam. (Not that I know all that many clams permitted to enjoy the finer arts of lawn-mowing, but still.) We realized quickly that for Eileigh to safely enjoy herself she definitely needed hearing protection: Enter the offical earmuffs. I don't know what else to call them? I actually wore this very pair (along with several other pairs we had) growing up and that is what my sisters and I have always called them. We never used them when mowing the lawn, of course- just when we were sighting in our rifles. :)
So my Dad hooked us up and Eileigh was more than thrilled to wear them- and not just when mowing the lawn! A couple days ago Mike asked her if she wanted to help him mow the lawn and she reached up and placed her hands over her ears!! It was hysterical. Now I can just holler out "Earmuffs!!" and she'll put her hands over her ears- that could come in handy. Or maybe I just need to keep a pair in the diaper bag for nonEileigh-appropriate conversations...