I Forgot to Shiver My Timbers!!

Pirates & Princesses Party

I decided for this event since Riley has an amazing pirate costume that I would be a princess. I originally intended to wear my Halloween costume, but it needs some alterations. So, I did what any absolutely insane person who loves costumes would do...I put on my wedding dress. I borrowed Roo's crown to complete the ensemble. I love how we matched! It took some engineering to drive in, but I adore that dress and I was happy for an excuse to put it back on.

It was a wonderful afternoon of treasure hunting, dress up clothes, pirate-y snacks and sillyness!

Pirate Event at the Library

One day of pirating is never enough, so the next day after a lunch of pirate shaped macaroni and cheese we set sail for pirate fun at the library! We met a silly pirate captain, who thought Riley was "a bonny lass" and learned that the best treasure is inside books (of course!). They read us How I Became A Pirate which not surprisingly Roo had heard before. I quite enjoyed it. We sang pirate songs, made a treasure chest necklace, ate an adorable pirate snack and played pirate games! Roo's favorite games were popping bubbles with a sword and walking the plank!

Talk Like A Pirate Day, Arrrrr!

On our way back to home port from a lovely coffee with the wenches Roo and I really got into it. We were yelling "Avast, Ahoy, Aye Aye!" and "Arrr!" This be me song o'the day. Fun stuff! We planned to go to the Lego event at the library and build pirate ships once Isaac's homework was done. We were also looking forward to the Jake Saves Bucky movie on Disney. It was gonna be a great day mateys!

During Roo's nap Mike and I reset our Facebook language to "English (Pirate)" and then laughed until we cried. It turned out Isaac wasn't up for Legos at the library so Roo and I build a pirate ship out of Mega Blocks with a bow (left over from her party) for a flag.

I think we did a pretty fair job for landlubbers. Ye, knows ye be eyeing it with pleasure and wantin' to climb aboard. Arrr! The kids were fed and in jammies early in anticipation of the pirate movie. They enjoyed it, but it had been so long since we watched real time TV that we wanted to make some scurvy dawgs walk the plank at every break. Then it was off to beddie bye for the wee buckos. Until next year me hearties.