The 2nd Annual Rosemary Beach Vacation had a strong pirate theme to it this year. Like all little boys, Ridge is experiencing a "pirate phase." It's all about swords, cutlass', treasures, and Jolly Rogers these days. His beloved Jedi's and Clone Troopers have even taken a backseat to Blackbeard, Capt. Kidd and their motley crews of cutthroats and scoundrels. And of course since Ridge is into pirates that mean little one year old Colton is also into pirates. Colton even has the pirate accent down pat, "ARRRRR!"
So this year at the beach, we decided to have a lot of activities based around the age-old profession of piracy. We had a treasure hunt on the beach in which Ridge "found" Blackbeard's map hidden beneath the sand which led of course to his treasure, buried in the sand dunes. The treasure chest contained plastic pirate figures, candy and "pirate teeth." The boys loved it. Now unfortunately they think ever time we go to the beach we'll find a treasure chest.
Another day we took a Pirate Cruise along the coast on a real pirate ship. The ship's crew were dressed as pirates and they had a ton of games for the kiddos- sword duels, water gun fights, spooky stories, face painting, they even made the kids swab the decks. Ridge and Colton were in heaven. At the end of the cruise, they even hoisted an actual treasure chest out of the water and distributed the "booty" (candy and plastic gold coins) amongst the kids.
All in all it was a fantastic family trip. D and I didn't get a lot of free time to relax, but hey, that's the name of the game with toddlers, right? Can't wait till next year. AAARRRR!
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