Ahoy, Matey!
Lilly had her first school musical/play yesterday. They’ve been preparing for it for a long time and she was so excited when the time finally came. They had a sea theme and it was called Sailing to Success. She had a line in the play. She did a great job of saying, “Be strong enough to always be yourself.” She also had the very important job of lifting up the moon during one of the songs.
All the kids were required to wear blue jeans, a white T-shirt and they all got sailor hats. She’s still on a sea kick. Last night we rented The Little Mermaid. (Can you believe my kids are 5 and 7 and have never seen The Little Mermaid?) Today I was getting out of the shower and I heard the kids giggling outside my door. I opened the door and both of them had changed into blue jeans, white T-shirts and were wearing sailor hats. Lilly said, “Ahoy, Matey! Would you like to go sailing with us?” Titus said, “We’re going to Hawaii!” I told them I could never turn down a trip to Hawaii, so Lilly told me I needed to dress like a sailor. So, I put on my blue jeans, a white T-shirt and a white hat. We went and sat on the couch…er, I mean the boat…and we went sailing to Hawaii. When we got to Hawaii, Lilly showed us her hula dance. She wrapped a blanket around her waist and showed us her moves. In sticking with the sea theme I suggested we eat seafood for dinner tonight. After all, what else would we eat in Hawaii? I took the kids to Joe’s Crab Shack. O.K…I know Joe’s is no Roy’s, so it wasn’t authentically Hawaiian…but they’re kids, right? Lilly and I had the crab and Titus had a hamburger. For dessert they got to “paint” a crab-shaped Rice Krispy treat with strawberry and chocolate icing.
We had a great day today.
