Aaaaaaaarrrrrrgh!!!!

Aaaaarrrrrrgh Mateys!!!! Noah has definitely been on a PIRATE kick lately, and some of our adventures this week have definitely sent him over the edge. We went to the Lindon Aquatics Center here in town and it was amazing. Seriously, if you have children under the age of 15 and want to spend a nice afternoon feeling like your kids are safe in the water and surrounded by fun and whimsical swimming adventures, this is your place. There were pirate ships with slides, zero entry water areas, a lazy river where you could float around the whole park with your little ones, and a water slide that is just right so that you can easily put them on your lap and land on your feet at the bottom in 3.5 ft of water. In fact, all the pools were less than 3 ft deep with most of them being about 1-2 ft. This place is my dream swimming park for Noah!!! And kids 3 and under are FREE. Awesome. So you can imagine the fun that little Noah that afternoon. I don't have a single picture of it, which really reiterates my point. I was too busy taking him down the slide or floating down the river or chasing him around the pirate ships. Good times. You really need to go if you haven't. :)

NEXT... There's a place here in Orem called Pirate Island. It's like Chuck E. Cheese, but with a pirate theme and it's outstanding if you have little ones between the ages of 1 and 12. The waiters and waitresses dress in full pirate garb and say things like 'Ay!" when you ask for more soda. There was even a special pirate that walked from table to table creating balloon animals for all the little ones. YES - Noah asked for a MONKEY. Again. Directions to the bathroom included, "Round da Tiki hut and down da mine shaft!" And apparently (I heard from the boys) that it says over the urinals "If ye miss, ye walk the plank!" The "Aaaargh"cade was awesome and they have a full pirate ship complete with slides for little ones to romp around on. In Noah's case, and with Daddy's help, he earned 35 tickets at the arcade. I knew that it wouldn't buy him much at the prize counter, but we headed over anyway. Immediately, Noah spotted a little pirate hat and started jumping up and down. I told the guy at the counter that we only had 35 tickets and wondered if I could just pay the difference for the pirate hat. It was worth 500 tickets. The guy just looked at Noah drooling over the hat (for those of you who know JUST how MUCH my Noah loves hats of all kinds) and said not to worry about it. He just gave Noah the hat. I think his reward was seeing Noah's reaction! Mine too. :) It's tough being just so cute and getting free stuff wherever we go!

Lastly, because I knew that we'd be visiting a few places with pirate themes this week, I just happened to find some pirate jammies at Carter's and I couldn't resist. So my little pirate has been kicking up his imagination like crazy and here's the proof:

That's Noah in his pirate jams, complete with hat and balloon monkey. :)

Our little pirate wears himself out everyday. And often falls asleep in the strangest positions. Aunt Jaime took this picture the other night. Poor little guy crashed hard. It must mean that he's having a great vacation.... More later!

Have an AAAAARRRRRRRRGH! Day,

The Smith Wench

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