Aarrgh!

Well, I think Joshua has finally been caught by the lure of Pirate Lore.

It probably started a long time ago when we went on a pirate ship ride in the Gulf of Mexico with Aunt Melanie. This was August 2008. We start 'em young around here.

This is the "I can't believe I have a sword and no one is yelling at me".

And this is the muscular, tattooed, pirate face (with the flyaway hair - yeah, not that scary).

His cousin Mitchell has always seemed to like pirates. He even had a pirate birthday cake once. When we were at Aunt Melanie's in June Joshua wanted to dress up as a pirate in Mitchell's costume. He spent 2 days just "hanging out" like a pirate. (the silly bandz take a little away from the fierceness, though)


Then - just a few days ago - we saw the puppet show Everybody Loves Pirates - and I think Joshua really did fall in love. The puppet show had such characters as "Aye Aye, No Eye" and "Super Lobster". He has wanted to go to the dollar store and get a hook for his hand. I guess he saw one there at one point.



Yesterday, he asked Daddy for knife. Daddy wanted to know what he wanted it for. Joshua told him he wanted to cut his hand off so he could get a hook for his hand instead.

Yeah - he might be taking it too far.

We really need a trip to Dollar Store.