Arrr, Mateys!

Emi and Chase are so into pirates lately! They have pirate hats, swords, an eye patch, and even some 'jewels' from some booty they 'stole' on an adventure (some of my grandma's old jewelry!) Today they were playing pirates together after school, and it was so funny listening to them I just stayed in the kitchen so I could hear them. Chase was Captain Jack (Sparrow, I would assume), Emi was a girl pirate who apparently couldn't decide on a name, which made Capt. Jack confused, so he just started calling her "scallywag." Scout got to play, too, and they called him the "Scurvy Pup" and made him walk the plank more than once for trying to chew the (foam) swords up and running off with some of their booty. They had made treasure maps and everything, which must have been difficult to follow since the "Scurvy Pup" did manage to chew up Capt. Jack's compass that he got in some loot from McDonald's. That mightily upset Capt. Jack, so he then banished "Scurvy Pup" to Davy Jones' Locker. There was a lot of "aye aye Captain" and "Ahoy, me hearty" being said, and even some pirate laughing (yo-ho-ho in a deep voice that sounded quite similar to Santa Clause's ho-ho-ho.) This went on for about an hour until the pirates got hungry and wanted some grub. Being pirates must be hard work! I'm so glad that they play so well with each other....most of the time! Next time they're fighting, maybe I should threaten to make them walk the plank!