Peg Leg Pirate!!!

Ok...so my boys both love pirates! I mean LOVE pirates! I actually think one of little gavinators first words was "ARRGGG" My very good friend's little boy basically got our family hooked on pirates a few years ago. It seem like my kids have been hooked ever since .....and they love them! Both of my kids are obsessed. Well..most of the time. It seems that every once in a while my children's love for pirates has put me in a few of those "Awkward" moments.

A few months ago we attended the best State Fair Ever! I love fairs. We have a little tradition where we go every year with our friends and their kids. We eat the most amazing food, check out all the farm life, and we just always have such a good time. Well, at the fair this year my son see's a man sitting down on the bench. He is an older gentlemen, kinda heavyset and a little ruff around the edges. He also had a peg for his leg, literally. Mr.C being the observant child he is yells out,"Look.... it is a peg leg pirate" He yells this really really loud. My friend and i look up and well...The so called "peg leg pirate" is looking right at us...and well lets just say he wasnt a "real" pirate, and he also didn't very much enjoy the comment. At least it was a good hit with our crowd...we still laugh about it today.

Then today..i venture out to WalliWorld(aka walmart). Here in Oregon they don't really believe in Walmarts..so there are not very many around town and you have to drive about 40 min to get to one. Since it is my last day off and I wanted to get there before the craziness after thanksgiving, so I decide to load up the kids despite me being terribly sick. I was trying not to cough out a lung and have been fighting a terrible cold. Anyways... So we are walking the isles of Walli World, and we see a worker guy trying to get this huge cart of boxes past us in the isle. I see he has crutches and he is struggling trying to maneuver the cart of boxes and his crutches around the kids and I. I grab my boys, and we move way to the side to open up the isle for him. He struggles past us. My "oh so observant, non filtered child" looks at the guy and then looks at me and says," Mom..he has no leg." "Why does he have no leg." "Mom....seriously why doesn't he have a leg" "Mom.. does he want to be a peg leg pirate?"
(remember he is saying this really really loud so not only could the guys hear it but i swear 5 isles down would have been able to hear him too). I give Mr. C the stern look of "shush right now" because the dude has not gotten more than 3 steps away from us. It gets kinda "AWKWARD". This poor Guy..not only does he work at Walli World..but he has only one leg...has to use crutches and they make him lug huge carts of boxes for his living. That totally sucks! On top of that, he has to hear these crazy comments coming out of my 5 year old's mouth!
What an Awkward Moment!

So this is to all the peg leg pirates out there! My kids freakin LOVE you! they think it is awesome to be gimping around on a stick...so i am giving you all a "shout out!"