My two little pirates

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My two little pirates

July 17, 2015 by mediumgeek

What do you do when life is a bit hard and it is vacation time? You head off to an almost deserted island and play pirates!

We decided it wouldn’t be worth it to pay for an expensive trip anywhere this summer. We needed to go somewhere where we would be forced to relax and not be able to do things all the time. North of Norway was the obvious choice since my fiancés family has a house there on an island called Skogsøya. Already on the first day I could feel some of the tension I have been feeling leave my body. There is something freeing about being disconnected from stores, restaurants, museums, and amusement parks. Instead you have flowers, mountains, walking paths, red beautiful boat houses, worn houses and beautiful beaches with breathtaking views (unfortunately with very cold water). There is plentiful of #30perfectdays opportunities and so far I feel like that project of mine is really helping me see the positive in life despite there still being plenty of difficulties.

Going to a remote island might not be quite as exciting to an active four year old as it is for two tired grown-ups so I have been trying to spice it up a bit for her. We drew some pictures for a little bucket list book we are gonna fill with photos afterward of things we are planning to do. One of the items I strategically placed there was playing pirates. Technically more for me than her but who cares. Before vacation I made a pirate t-shirt for my little boy and my little girl wanted one as well. I got the idea to make them bandanas based on the pattern of the fabric and do a little photo shoot with them. There is one certainty when it comes to kids. You cannot plan a thing, you just have to go along as it happens and make the best of it for everyone.

So we took the boat a short trip to a white beach and took some photos and played pirates. I might not have gotten perfectly styled pirate photos but we had fun and the four year old really wants to do it again.

The two t-shirt pattern I used were from Ottobre. Unfortunately both patterns I used were flawed. The sleeves didn’t fit the armholes so I had to cut off a bit of the sides making both t-shirts a bit too tight. The patterns I used were Young Designers from 03/2011 and Frogs Egga from 03/2011. The latter one was ridiculously long as well so I don’t really recommend any of these patterns. I have now tried three patterns from Ottobre that has a problem with the sleeves and this has started making me a bit annoyed (and wonder if there is some important detail I am missing). The fabric was from Uglemor and it was a real pity the patterns were flawed because it is a really lovely fabric. The bandana fabric was some old Stoff og Stil fabric I had in my stash. Most likely some kind of rayon.