Talk Like a Pirate Day

     Avast!  Today be Talk Like a Pirate Day!  We've been teaching Madison letters from the alphabet this week, and today it's only natural that we tackle the letter ARRRRR!

     It was another blustery, rainy day on the high seas - but we had some fun.  Madison was feeling a little like a pirate already this morning, ordering her crew around.  If we weren't careful, we might have been walking the plank!

Click on ye movie above to hear Madison talk like a pirate!

     Today, Mommy and Madison made the best of the day by decorating pirate cupcakes, and creating a special swashbuckling sword (out of aluminum foil, a paper towel tube, and a coffee can lid).  Madison roamed the high seas around the house with her new sword, making sure to swat Daddy as he came home (and saying "arrr!").

      To celebrate this sacred day, Daddy read her a special bedtime story:  "Pirates Don't Change Diapers," which features a group of scalliwag pirates having a tough time babysitting ("No, you scurvy dog!  You don't acually sit on the baby!").   After reading to her in the rocking chair, it was time to get into our pajamas - and change her diaper.

     Daddy objected:  he said, "But Pirates don't change diapers!"  Mommy disagreed and told him, "That's no excuse!  Change it, or walk the plank!  Arrrr!"