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A Pirate Celebration


Shark infested Jell-o is awesome. Squishy, sugary, and colorful little sharks swimming in berry blue jello. Previously tough and hard to bite, now they were soft on the outside and still tough on the inside... Regardless, it was one of my favorite parts of my birthday party. Still, I've decided if I ever have a little boy, he's going to have a pirate party and we're going to make shark jell-o again. It's just too cool. We also ate Muddy Mates (muddy buddies), fish and chips (fish stick and fries), cannonballs (no-bake chocolate butter cookies), and Pirate Booty (corn and rice puffs made by Pirate Brands). I was pretty pleased with my creativeness.

Since everyone I know seems to know that I like pirates, it only seemed natural to try and spread the love. Seeing their imaginative side to dress up as pirates was either lacking, interestingly creative, or pretty awesome. I expected that and made sure to have prizes for the best dressed lubber and pirate! As funny as it is, I was really proud of my funny status I made on Facebook when I put my status through a Pirate Speak generator (I could have done it myself, but sometimes it's just hilarious to see what it comes up with). "I be so excited fer next high tide'! Me heartys be all goin' t' come o'er as swabbie sea dogs t' plunder an' drink root grog an' ginger grog t' our hearts content!" As an English translation; root grog and ginger grog was root beer and ginger beer. Hahaha! 

To help people dress up I did provide some bandannas and eye patches, but it got really interesting when I pulled out the gummy pirate chompers. My sisters of course loved it. Lizzie was freaking out about her make up though. Becki said she was going to look like a wench and Lizzie thought she looked like a whore.
Becki said: What do you think wenches are? They get down with the pirates. Besides, I do my makeup kind of like this everyday. What are you saying about me? 
Lizzie: That you like a who... (Becki glare) ...wh-underful young lady. That likes to have fun with pirates.... (Becki glare).... Playing chess? 
My sisters basically rocked the whole night. I think most of my friends had fun because they were there. You have no idea what my family is like until you play games with all of us and these two put together. We had banjo playing-gun firing celebrations, jedi duals, and lots of laughs!!


And I totally made my friends watch Treasure Island with Charlton Heston and Christian Bale! It was made in 1990 and it is the truest rendition of the book I've ever seen. It was also pretty funny since almost everyone had seen Muppets Treasure Island so we quoted it as the movie went along. I felt bad for the very few who had no idea what we were talking about. Next year I'll have to make everyone watch that one so they can feel caught up! So my party was a total blast! Happy Birthday to me! 

Jimmy-Jim-Jimmy-Jim-Jim-Jim-Jim! You've always been a decent sort to old Billy Bones.
I'm not Jimmy-Jim-Jimmy-Jim-Jim-Jim-Jim.  *He's* Jimmy-Jim-Jimmy-Jim-Jim-Jim-Jim.
Jim?
Yes, Captain?
Jimmy-Jim-Jimmy-Jim-Jim-Jim-Jim!
Yes, Captain, what is it?


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