blue's BLUE jeans

Blue is very aware of what he and the people around him are wearing. During the height of the Bert craze, he refused to wear any item of clothing that could not be linked back to Bert in some way. He sees Graham go off to work every morning in blue jeans and boots so he also wants to wear his blue jeans and boots. Doing his "work" is very important to Blue. But it is really too hot here to wear blue jeans and boots all summer although I am sure he would survive. Either way, in the mornings I tell him "summer is for shorts" and he doesn't fight it anymore. But he does ask to wear his blue jeans as soon as he gets home. Usually I can hold him off until after nap which means I often come into his room and find something like this:

 

I moved his pants up to one of the top drawers on his dresser but he quickly found a work-around for that...