Arrrrrgh!

We kicked off our week of vacation with a trip to a pirate festival and Carrot went fully embraced the idea and donned her brothers homemade pirate costume.  That morning we even got a surprise call from Aunt Suzannah and she decided to join our fun.

It was a pretty hot day but she insisted on keeping it on for most of the day even though she had a nice cool jumper on underneath

 There was suppose to be a beach treasure hunt for the kids at noon but I'm pretty sure we found the wrong treasure hunt.  We ended up walking for miles around the town in the heat.  It was fun and exhausting all at the same time but we did finish the hunt and thank goodness Uncle Chuck called for the town shuttle to give us a well deserved ride back to the center of town.  Here we relaxed for a nice cold drink and waited for the pirate costume competition.  They look all tired out don't they.

Carrot getting ready to join the pirate parade

I think he could possibly be a real pirate

She patiently waited through the pet competition and 0-5 year olds

Giving her pirate name for the competition

The winner was a very creative costume where the girl had her legs dressed like a pirate and her body dressed like a mermaid then a fake pirate was attached to her back and fake mermaid legs came over a treasure chest....if that makes sense at all....should have taken a picture.  It was very impressive.  But my little pirate was happy she got a free ice-cream coupon for being in the competition.

 We finished out day off with a nice dinner where they ran out of crabs right before we sat down....oh well shrimp is good for me.  Thanks again for paying Uncle Chuck :)  YIKES