I was planning on taking the kids down to the river again but noticed it was going to be rainy all day today. But I was determined to still make it a fun day. Remember the "So What if it's Raining" book from a couple posts back? Good children's book, by the way.
So we dubsed today "Pirate Day". We dressed and talked like pirates all day. Well, Belle dressed like a princess kidnapped by pirates. You know her. She can never do anything the typical way. :) We renamed each room to be something like Mermaid Bay or Pirate's Cove. It ended up being purdy fun.
Belle wanted to look sad because she had been kidnapped :)
We went on a treasure hunt. I made rhymes for them to find that were pirate themed which led them to another clue.
Clue found
Finding another clue
Here is an example of one the clues. It was the last one that led them to the map in the bathtub.
Blimey, yar almost thar
mate
Glad to see ye are not yet shark bait
Yo ho, ye scurvy dogs keep goin’
Get in your boat and get rowin’
To get
clean here, first pull off yer bootstrap
To
find me booty you must find the map
Look
in the place that is white and shiny
The
place where buccaneers wash their hineys
Found the map in a bottle in the bathtub
Treasure box found
Checking out the booty: gems, coins, and cinnamon chips
(weird, I know, but they love them)
Then we had a pirate lunch together and watched Peter Pan.
Pirate bananas and "cannonballs" (AKA roasted chickpeas) for lunch.
Liam saying "arrr" ...... or actually roaring?
And our pirate themed dinner.
Asp-arrrr-agus
Seaweed Stir-Fry (and that is legit seaweed)
Veggie Planks
