AAARGGG!!!

Not in frustration my friends but as in pirates!! I guess that garners an explination. So I pick monkey up from school yesterday and all is well. Every month they have a calender that tells you what the theme is each day. Like every Monday is Book day, each child brings in a book. Simple enough but some how we didn’t get the July one… so we I’ve been checking the one they post on the door everyday when I pick her up to see what the next day is. Well yesterday I check it and low and behold…it is Dress up like a Pirate day!! First of all wooohoooo! Monkey LOVES Pirates…Captain Jack to be more specific, but anyway she was super excited…well..we have toys but no pirate clothes..so I call mom (who is on her way to WalMart) And see if she’ll check and see if they have anything…how well do you think that went…umm…didn’t…Miss thing in the back seat yelling “I wanna go shopping for my pirate clothes!” Soooo…we headed home to wait for mom to pick us up and off to WalMart we went. Now mind you, it is the end of the day and my brain isn’t on…Captain Jack is done and gone, Spiderman is the happenin man now! Not a pirate theme in sight…the best they had was a huge sword! Well that isn’t CLOTHES!! Sooo we got creative! We walked by a display that had some pjs for adults…Tank Tops and shorts that have you know who on them! “Mommy Captain Jack!” Well they are for adults not little soon to be 4 year olds! But we managed to find one in an xs 1, the shorts have a draw string so we can make them fit and the tank top isn’t toooo huge so safety pins works right! So…that is the base..a bright blue, black, white and pink base no less…so girlie pirate we will be! We hit the little girls section to find something to work as the “jacket” and found the cutest little white like peasants/pirate top…yes I know that doesn’t sound like much…but take a pair of scissors and snip it down the center and poof…you got a girlie pirate jacket! Ok..so we couldn’t find a suitable hat..but hello…Captain Jack wears a bandanna!! So off we go in search of the perfect one and boy did we luck out!! There on that little shelf sat a black and white scull and cross bones bandanna! So we scoop that up and headed to the fabric section after trying everything from shoe laces to sequined belts as the “Sash”! And of course girlie yet again…pink satin it is!! While we were there of course we had to find something like little baubles or bead for her hair! “Captain jack had beads mommy!!!” And just in case you are wondering, no we aren’t getting all this from the top of our heads! We hit the toy section and found a Captain Jack toy and walked around WalMart toting the little thing as a reference!! ok…so Fabric section of course leads to crafts and beads! After several back and forths we all decide on the bead to use and then my mother and her insanly crazy brain thought…boots!! How to make boots!! Well I just recently got Monkey the Cutest little pink shoes from sketchers see

And of course she wants to wear these (this request we didn’t mind ) so mom hits the felt!! Yes I said felt! We really got two pieces of brown felt, one for each leg and folded the top down and pinned it around her leg! (Short term for pictures kind of solution ) So we now have shirt, shorts, “jacket”, “sash”, bandanna, shoes, boots, hair decorations (not that i have any idea how I’m gonna do braids in her ultra fine just barely long hair!!), Oh but wait! What about the little wrist thing?? You say what wrist thing (I’m telling you the little action figure made sure we didn’t forget ANYTHING!) This one..see..He only had it on his Right hand, that black thing…

So of course ribbons!! We, well truth be told mom, found this really soft fringy type trim that little miss just loved! So…that it is…So to the check out we go to see how much this makeshift pirate costume is gonna set me back And not bad…26 total…could have been worse! We head home, a lot later than we had planned ate dinner and then proceeded to cutting, tying, and otherwise pulling together all our pieces to create a Fancy Dancey Pirate Princess! And did it work?? YEP and you wanna talk about adorable!!! Proof is in the pudding…pictures will be up this evening! So you just have to come back and see her!!! For now, Aaarrgggg Maties…