Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day

Arrr! Today be one of me favorite nonsensical holidays:  September 19th, Talk Like a Pirate Day! It be here ag'in!

This be a day created by Cap'n Slappy and Ol' Chumbucket otherwise known as John Baur and Mark Summers on June 6th, 1995 while the two played a particularly rousing game of racquetball.   This of course seems like a perfectly wonderful way to come up with an idea fer an international holiday, doesn't it?

My three year old, criminal mastermind

Most days I look at my precocious three year old, Hayden, and think "We got this." Hayden is sweet and smart and very funny.   He has a great personality and lots of energy.  He's going to grow up to be a wonderful well-rounded man.  My husband and I do our best to raise him right and keep a close eye on him.

Sometimes, though, I can't help but wonder just how well we are doing. Hayden's a pretty bright kid, frighteningly so at times, and it makes me think that maybe, just maybe, he just wants us to believe we're raising him to be happy and well-adjusted all the while he's plotting to take over the world like some comic book "evil" genius.