Terrible Threes?

First, I'd like to start by saying Happy Halloween! I figure that since there is an inevitable Halloween post coming after tonight, that I should probably get caught up on Myles's birthday post. 

Myles turned three ten days ago. And it got me thinking about things. I remember when Kaden was about one and half and I said, "If it's terrible twos, and ones are this bad, then I will never survive!" But I survived. And then Kaden turned three. No one ever tells you that threes are the worst of all. They are ever growing in their level of independence and not so much in their ability desire to listen. I mean. It's like I have teenagers already. And I'm so not ready for teenagers. I hear that it'll be here before I know it. Anyways. Back to threes, and back to Myles. Kaden is leaving the three zone just as Myles is entering into it. Lord help us all. 

For what seems like months now, Myles has been talking about pirates. He wants a pirate cake and a pirate party and to be a pirate captain for Halloween. I pursed Pinterest for ideas for a pirate party and told Brian that we had to have a plank. It was going to be simple, a board on cinder blocks that the kids could walk on. I was talking about it at work and my boss said, "A plank from where? You're not going to have a pirate ship? What kind of pirate party doesn't have a pirate ship?"

I decided I couldn't be the lame mom without the pirate ship for my kid's party, so I made one. Now keep in mind that I am so not a crafty person. This took a lot of hard work.

And. Was pretty sweet once put together (if I do say so myself). Complete with a shark infested ocean.

Myles's party also had:

 Pirate treasure.

 Pirate booty.

Pirate cake.

And a pirate dog. 

Myles refused to wear an eye patch. He also refused a picture with me. Lucky for me, Kaden played along. 

Our first activity was a scavenger hunt. All the clues were written in pirate.

 The big kids read the clues. Myles didn't want to share. Darn threes.

 The last clue was a map to find the buried treasure.

Which they found. And ate.

Next was cake. He loved his cake:)

Then. We made Will walk the plank. Because he was wearing a Husker shirt. 

I'm pretty sure the sharks ate him. Along with that other pirate. Who belonged to that hat. 

The girls and Kaden all went. Myles refused. Again. It's his party and he'll do what he wants. 

Even though the threes got the best of him at moments, Myles loved his party. He even walked the plank the next morning. And. He wants me to hang his ship up in his room. Which I will. Just as soon as I finish procrastinating it.

Myles is still talking about his pirate party. He is very excited to show of his costume tonight. As. Buzz Lightyear.