Yarrrrrrr...

I visited the small frys yesterday following their dad's "man" surgery....you know the one....the permanent one so there are no more small frys. Anyway, while I waited, I fed Avery, now almost 3 months and played with Hudson and Hadley. We talked about the garden, their jobs, and what they'd like to grow-- Hudson was ready to go plant immediately when he found out the currency he was to be paid in--candy and gum. Oh....his dentist is going to love me.

Then we branched out to playing upstairs and nothing would do but he wanted me to fish his pirate costume off the top shelf in his closet. And it was some costume. We are talking blousy black and white striped harem pants, the red sleeveless jacket, the yellow silky acetate tie belt, and the black tie thing for his neck. I needed a little style consulting on that one since I wasn't too sure where it went--no worries--he knew exactly. And last but not least, the black funky hat with the white feather, and the eye patch. Oh, Lord....the eye patch. Try as we might, we could not seem to keep it positioned over one eye, without the elastic band running right across into the other eye. We finally decided a blind pirate was just not the look we were going for and jettisoned the patch. Lastly, he donned the fake hand hook, grabbed the plastic knife, and was off to nab his first victim--Hadley. Luckily, his Hispanic housekeeper cut him off at the pass and grabbed the weapons before all hell broke loose. Hadley would not have gone down without one hell of a fight and truth be told, would probably have won. Crisis was averted and he went on to play for the rest of the afternoon, a la pirate. Word on the street is, a short pirate, all rigged out, was spotted in the HP village last night picking up dinner with his mom. Think it was Johnny Depp?