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ARRG! WE BE PIRATES WHO WANT MORE BOOTY! TIS THE SEA WE LOVE AND SHALL GO HENCE FORTH AND PLUNDER! ARRG!

We have been learning about pirates this week. Yesterday we made "real" treasure maps. I taught the kids to crumple their paper and to paint it brown. Then we burned all the edges to make the map look old. We then drew the way we were suppose to go to get the treasure. The kids LOVED this activity! My hubby even got into it and loved making the maps look authentic.
It is fun to work with the kids and see their imaginations go wild. Ian loves to talk about his work and then to roll play. Sashi loved having me go on her treasure hunt. She and i must have done this three times in a row. Sashi would follow me telling me to "watch out mommy, you will get you foot stuck if you put it there." "OH MOMMY WATCH OUT!" Ian would look on with a huge smile on his face. He wants to be called Black Beard from now on. ARRG! Sashi isnt quite into being a pirate and insisted on being a "pretty, pretty princess." So i being Speckled face Francis, have a crew of two: Black Beard and pretty, pretty princess and we are to plunder the seven seas.


Today we will be learning about treasure chests and will make two of them. It will be fun to fill these boxes with "treasure from the outside." I am sure Sashi's will be filled with rocks and dying flowers. Ian will be putting crystals and gems and gold and silver coins (where he plans on getting this i do not know)inside. I have been planning our days out ... so that we have an activity every day. Pirate hats are next on my list. However, i might have to make a princess hat for a certain little girl.
Our summer has been a blast so far. Ian is up and running now. I am so happy that he is our healthy little guy again. So to all of my family.....Arrg, Shiver Me Timbers!