Pirate Day at the Children's Museum

You know we couldn't miss this with our little Pirate fan! It's actually National Talk Like a Pirate Day, we found out. Madeleine was so excited to wear her pirate outfit, and couldn't wait for John Paul to wake up so we could go.
There were lots of pirate activities there, the kids could get a pirate name, and Madeleine's was Ruby Crossbones ;) They had lots of people dressed as pirates walking around talking to the kids. They were all impressed with Madeleine's outfit! They had a little game where the kids walked around in a circle and whoever stopped on the X got to pick as many prizes out of the pirate treasure chest they wanted. Madeleine won the grand prize, so now we have little pirate dolls, pieces of eight, fish, an eye patch, and who knows what else. Buddy got a little pirate figurine, which he really liked and asked for "Pi!" all day.

At the Children's museum they have a beautiful glass sculpture that goes up through the center of the building. On the bottom floor they have a glass ceiling where you can look up and see the bottom of it. They also have lots of pieces like are used in the sculpture for the kids to play with. (They're plastic though.)

Looking up through the glass ceiling.

On the floor of this room, they have really reflective black tiles. Here's what the floor looks like:
And here is John Paul, scared to walk on the floor! He refused to walk on it, it was SO funny! When Ken put him on it he kind of freaked out - and wouldn't even walk two feet to where I was. Poor little Buddy!

What are you trying to get me to do??

Here's Madeleine holding one of the pieces of the sculpture. It's really beautiful!
This is where people can lay and look up at the beautiful glass. It rotates so they could see it from all angles.


They had an awesome "Pirate band" playing in the atrium. Bud tore up that dance floor. They were extremely talented - the vocals were pretty amazing. There were a lot of four part harmonies and they sang really catchy pirate tunes.

This guy was Captain Jack Sparrow. Talk about talented - he had the voice, the outfit, the moves, the swagger DOWN. Seriously. He was awesome.
Then they had a pirate lookalike contest. Madeleine really wanted to enter, and she was by far the youngest one. She was the only pirate sucking her thumb, but she stood up there with the rest of the kids like a champ!
The judges deliberated for quite a while, and were deciding between her and another girl - the other girl won because she showed the most "swagger." Madeleine didn't care - she didn't even really realize it was a contest, she was just having fun with her pirate clothes!
In line waiting for the judge's decision. She was definitely the cutest pirate, if I do say so myself!
We had a great time, and she played "pirate" for the rest of the day. Then we had to read 3 pirate books before bed. When she woke up from her nap, the first thing I heard on the monitor was "Yo Ho Ho!" I love this kid!