Pop quiz: Night-vision goggles, a coal-miner's headlamp, a metal detector, a slingshot airplane and a bottle rocket are the perfect presents for:B) his daddy
Anyway. Yes, our little pirate turned four and racked up an awful lot of exploration presents. We sent him on a Pirate Present Hunt through the yard, complete with a treasure map (see Catherine reading the map at the left) that had hints like "Run four times around the old pear tree." Hanging on a dogwood branch Vincent found a metal detector, which he plans to use in the garden this afternoon to look for keys, gold coins, and old boots.
I am very tempted to go to Goodwill, buy a pair of old boots and bury them.
We had a pirateship cake that the kids frosted and decorated with Tootsie Roll cannons, pretzel barristers and sails they made themselves. Family and friends helped us celebrate. Thank you to Nonnie & Grandpa, Gaga, Abee, DD and everybody else for making it a special day to be a young pirate. 
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