Showing posts with label pirates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pirates. Show all posts

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Argh!

Since I was a bad blogger this summer, I didn’t share about our trip to the Pirate Museum.  The boys loved it.  Remember their Pirate Party last year?  They love Pirates!  One of their favorite books is David Shannon’s How I Became a Pirate.
We are part of a playgroup here, and they planned an outing the the Pirate Museum.  I didn’t even know there was one.  There is one and it was FUN!
To set the mood, they boys donned their pirate hats on their way there.  Here is Jackson's attempt at a ferocious face.  Keep working on that!
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Miller’s Fearsome face!  Even scarier!
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When we got there, this was our tour guide.  He had, the clothes, the speech and even the teeth.  Totally authentic!
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We got to see some of the scenes of pirate life.  Some were very realistic…
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Did you see the rat?  It’s right there on the table.
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Nassau was (and maybe still is) home to lots of pirates.  They say in the museum that the pirates here just wear suits now.
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The boys were brave, but it was scary in parts.  Dark and scary.
At the end they weren’t sure if they wanted to pose with this guy or not….
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They did great and they loved it in the end!
Maybe they will be pirates for Halloween!

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Pirate Party Blowout!

Saturday we celebrated the Bug and the Butterbean's birthdays.  Since they were born 3 days (and two years) apart, and they have the same friends, it is a no brainer to have a combined birthday party.  Since I am getting a "two-fer", I wanted to do twice as much.  Why?  Because I love parties and since I just do one a year, it has to be really memorable!  
Since I chose 49 pictures for the birthday post be prepared!

The Decorations

In the house

On the front door



The favors


Our first year for a Pinata

The backyard




Love that we got to use the sandbox

Box lunches for the children

Pirate dress up for the children as they arrived


Walk the plank for the little ones

The dogs even got decorated





The Activities

Joe's Tattoo Parlor

The dress up bags contained a small foam sword a fabric belt, and an eye patch.

Walk the Plank for the bigger children

Digging for treasure


Decorating pirate hats

Pin the Parrot on the Pirate was a big fun



We had a super tough Pinata



After a lot of turns it lost it's loop at the top, but the ship was still seaworthy, so...
we let the birthday boy tear into it




The Friends











The Cupcakes








Then it was over way too soon!  We had the best time.  Thanks for all our friends and family who came and made the day so special!