ARRRGGGGHHH!

William George's 5K class hit the ground running this year. They have already had a field trip to Children's Theatre (to see The Little Engine That Could), and they had a "Pirate Party" recently. 

The party consisted of two phases... first, they had a water party with a water slide.  

Afterward, the class quickly changed into pirate gear for the Pirate Party! What type of superwoman teacher coordinates the equivalent of two parties in a four-hour span of time? The famous Mrs. S! Feats like these are the making of her super-teacher reputation.  After donning their pirate attire, the class completed their center work efficiently and were ready to celebrate.  

William George will make ye walk the plank! 

ARGGGHHH!

I should mention that we had a costume debacle on the morning the party. Skip slipped out at 6:30am to go to Wal-Mart and then Target to procure the above replacement. Hooray for Dad! 

I wish I had photographed the food! The fare included popcorn shrimp, hot dogs with adorable pirate flags, a watermelon carved into a ship and filled with fruit and many other goodies.  

As a local plug, we ordered the adorable pirate cookies from Cakes By Elise, a new shop in our area, and they were awesome. 

Skip was even able to carve out a lunch hour to surprise George at his party. When George saw him, he yelled, "DADDY!!!" Then he ran and scaled him with a quickness.  

The class even charmed us with a  couple of songs.  

After the entertainment, William George greatly enjoyed himself for lunch, all-you-can-eat-buffet-style. When he  had finished ALL of his food and had eaten his cookie, he was carefully "eyeing" his cupcake. Skip wondered if he would be able to eat it, and I assured him that cupcake was totally going DOWN.  

And it did.  

George is having such an amazing, magical time in 5K.

PS: I'm not sure why my video is out of focus, but here is the Pirate show: 

George's Pirate Party 5K from Cathi Lindsey on Vimeo.