Saturday, May 17, 2008

Captain Cooper's Pirate Party

We all went to Cooper's third birthday party yesterday, and boy was it fun! It was a pirate theme, so Cooper and his entire crew of friends got to dress up in pirate garb: an eye patch, a sash, a bubble sword and some even opted to wear the earring (Tyler decided to forego the earring). The kids looked so cute running around like little pirates. Of course Nathan didn't get dressed up, but he looked pretty cute himself, sound asleep in his carseat.

The party was at a local park that has a carousel and train, so all the kids and their parents got to ride both. We’ve taken Tyler to this park several times in the past, and even though he’s ridden the carousel before, he didn’t want to ride it this time. He was excited about the train ride, though. He loves “tains”.

At the end of the party, each pirate got to pick some beads from a treasure chest. So, Tyler’s ensemble was complete once he put on his blue beads. He would not part with this eye patch, sash or beads for the rest of the evening. We went to Cooper’s house for pizza after the party, and Tyler didn’t break character once. It wasn’t until we got home and it was bath time that he finally let us take off the eye patch and sash. Of course, that wasn’t the end of Pirate Tyler. This morning he put everything back on (while still in his pajamas), and he even added the earring and some scurvy teeth to the mix. Aaaarrrr!

All decked out in his pirate wear

Ahoy thar, matey!

The littlest pirate of them all

Riding the train

Little Gabe

Me and my little pirates

Wearing his pirate treasure beads

The birthday boy

Showing off his earring and pirate teeth

1 comment:

Lindsay said...

That is so cute that Tyler kept his costume on all day! And I love his new hair cut by the way! I'll have to show Kaitlyn these pictures tomorrow, she will love them! Talk to you soon!