We ARRR Busted, Matey

Since we were unable to attend our matey Avery's birthday party last week, we met up with Avery, her little sister, and her mom today at the pool to collect our booty and give Avery a present. We were so sad to have missed the pirates and princesses party but Marcus and Will LOVE all their new pirate gear. From the minute we walked in the door after our trip to the pool, both kids had nothing on their minds except being pirates. Will shunned the traditional way of the pirates and decided to become a cyclops pirate.


Greg hasn't gotten to spend much time at the pool so we decided to make a second trip to the pool this evening. The kids really wanted to show off all their swimming skills to Dad. Marcus wore his pirate "hat" to the pool. I'm a sucker for guys in bandannas so I told Marcus that he could wear his pirate hat whenever he wanted - except to church, weddings, and funerals.

When we got out of the pool, I wrapped the kids up like little sausages in their towels. Not totally sure what happened, but I think Marcus was trying to fall on this big inner tube that we had. Only problem was that his hands were trapped in his towel. He ended up going face first through the whole in the middle of the inner tube, right into the concrete below.

There was far less blood than I expected. Marcus cried a lot. I cried a little. The lifeguard went to get an ice pack. (Marcus said later, "I got ice pack. People get it. That nice.") He managed to cut the space between his upper lip and lower lip, cut his upper lip and it is a bit swollen, cut his lower lip and it is really swollen, and got a little road rash on his chin. Thankfully his teeth look fine. He informed us a lot this evening, "My boo boo still hurt." When I told him it was time for bath he asked, "My boo boo take bath too?"

But, a little carnage can't stop a pirate! In fact, it makes ARRR little pirate look all the more menacing.