Today was Grace's friend Rosie's much anticipated 5th birthday party, made all the more exciting by the fact that it was pirate-themed which, in our current world of Princess Aurora and Angelina Ballerina, was wonderfully refreshing. So Grace and I baked Rosie some pirate biscuits, which I somehow managed to ice in between Charlie's Playgroup, daily trips into town for Preschool, Grace's school visits, Grace's first trip to the dentist.....
Which a terribly ferocious pirate hand-delivered.
Ok, so maybe not quite so ferocious, but I have been instructed to tell you that she is actually a very strong pirate (not to mention extremely cute).
Somewhere between leaving home and arriving at the party Grace managed to lose her prized eye patch. Resulting in the car being searched frantically before it was discovered that First Mate Charlie had taken a shine to the pirate way of life and hidden the eye patch in his car seat.
Initially fifteen blood-thirsty pirates proved to be a little intimidating.
But eventually Charlie joined in, even agreeing to having his face painted with some very un-pirate-like blue and yellow stripes (which, funnily enough, just so happen to be the Otago rugby colours...)
