It was time to get ready for bedtime, so I sat down with my kids and started reading them a book. The book that I picked up was "How to become a Pirate." In this book Young Jeremy Jacob is plucked from obscurity while innocently constructing a sand castle and is thrust into a brand-new life as a pirate. Captain Braid Beard and his crew recognize Jeremy as an exceptionally talented digger and they happen to be in desperate need of a digger to help them bury a treasure chest. Jeremy thinks a pirate life sounds like fun, as long as he’s back the next day in time for soccer practice, and so he goes along with the ragtag group of seafaring thugs (with hearts of gold, naturally). And while Jeremy adores the pirates’ lack of table manners and opposition to vegetables, he comes to realize that a life away from his parents lacks some of the niceties to which he’s become accustomed. Nobody tucks him in at night, for instance, and the only book available to read is a treasure map. Well, Robbie got really excited while reading this book and we talked about Pirates, we used pirate voices and we played with pretend swords. How amazing is a thing such as a childs imagination. For Young Jeremy Jacob, because of his imagination he became a pirate. With a little bit of imagination, Robbie could become a Pirate too!
If I were asked to explain to someone what imagination was, one of the strongest words I would give it is "Powerful". So, for my card today....what is powerful to me...I would say a child's imagination.
I made a little cover for the card today because I like to think that when Robbie is at the beach, that maybe sometimes he is thinking how neat it would be to be a pirate!
This is the front of my card. I put the words explore and discover on it, because I feel that is exactly what a child is doing when they are using their imagination.
I like this quote. "The world of reality has its limits, the world of imagination is boundless!!" If that doesn't scream POWERFUL, I don't know what does! How amazing to have such a thing as imagination where there are no limits that you can be who and what you want to be, even a Pirate.
2 comments:
I love this! It's so sweet!
arrrrg! We like pirates here as well. Maybe Robbie will grow up to still play pretend about pirates. I know Seth does. He has three pirate ships up high so he can play with them and not the girls, pirate costume complete with boots, and he hangs the jolly roger on our flag pole in the front of our house. I love the power of imagination, in little people and big people. :) Your card is magical.
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