Harrrrgh!

Today finds me on the recovering end of a case of strep throat. Since I'm trying to take it easy I thought I would get on and do a little blogging. Another one of our families favorite pasttimes (aside from bathing) is playing pirates. Well...let me rephrase that...Kyle, Hallie, Mason and I play pirates, Jake is a pirate. That boy was blessed with an imagination and for the last couple of months his imagination has been filled with Peter Pan. He is Peter, Kyle is Captain Hook, Hallie is Wendy, Mason is Little Michael, and I am Jane (from Peter Pan II). Every day when Kyle pulls in from work Jake meets him at the car with his sword and they play swords for at least an hour until dinner. Even when the whole family isn't involved, Jake looks and acts the part. No matter what he's wearing or where we're going he almost always has a scarf tied around his waist with a long styrofoam sword tucked into it. My parents brought him a Captain Jack costume from DisneyLand last month and that has become a regular part of his wardrobe (at least twice a week--all day long--it got a lot of great looks at Costco). We love that boy and the way he continually reminds us that we're all just big kids.