The Krispy Kreme Pirates

Arrr!  As today be "Talk Like a Pirate Day," there was a lot of scurvy nonsense going on, and of course plenty of pirate-speak to boot.  The big story of the day was the Krispy Kreme adventure - what a collection of pirates there was at that place.  The story started last week when the doughnut shop announced that anyone who talked like a pirate that day got a free doughnut.  Anyone who dressed like a pirate would get a dozen doughnuts.

SO, we endeavored to set up a voyage to Buford together, smack-dab in the middle of the working day for Daddy.  We waited until most of the folks could get off of work - some got off early.  Everyone converged at the KidPak office, where Daddy had the van ready, along with plenty of pirate costumes and gear.  Mommy showed up with Madison as well, and both dressed up as pirates so that we had a total of eight pirates boarding the van for a journey south to Krispy Kreme treasure!

They were good to their word:  we walked out of there with ninety-six doughnuts.  Daddy felt sort of guilty about it, but then again, we are pirates and that's what we do:  pillage and plunder!  Even Madison walked out of there carrying a box of a dozen doughnuts!  You can see her in the photo, too busy to pose because she's munching on that sugary goodness.  She's certainly the cutest of all the pirates, and had fun singing "Yo Ho" with the rest of us in the van on the way down.  We filmed her and everyone else, sort of doing a documentary of the adventure:  pirates raiding a doughnut shop is too good to pass up on!

The rest of the day was rather dull in comparison.  We watched some of the extras from that pirate movie, and of course did a bit of pirate speak throughout the day from time to time.  And yes, there was a rousing pirate story in the car this morning on the way to dropping Madison off at school.  But it was mostly a work day for Daddy, who had a big service in the evening to plan for as well.

But for a few shining moments, our eyes were lit with a treasure chase that will stay in our memories for quite some time.  There were many, many other pirates there at Krispy Kreme that day, so I'm not sure if they'll do this again - I can only imagine the staggering amount of doughnut treasure given out that day.  So let this day live in our gallery of recollections for all time, the day the Krispy Kreme Pirates made their daring raid!  Arrr!