What is this pirate trend that is sweeping the nation? Suddenly dinosaurs and spaceships aren't cool enough anymore; everyone wants to be a pirate.
When we lived in Portland, Ore., the most popular band in town was a pirate band. (Two words: Luh-ame.) When they played our local farmer's market you'd trip over baby peg-legs in strollers and preschoolers with eye-patches and fake parrots on their shoulders while shopping for produce. You'd have to be careful when reaching for a basket of strawberries lest you get gouged by a hook.
Avast thar! Is it time for your kid to get with the pirate program? Start with the books, then the locution, then introduce the music (if you must). And, lastly, no pirate would be complete without the perfect ("slutty" if you're a girl, Yo HO HO, indeed.) ensemble. Me? I'm not so into the whole pirate scene. Singing sea shanties? Noooo thanks, but I wouldn't say no to a bottle of rum and a peek at some booty.
