My Little Outlaw

Today was a dreary, rainy day. One of those days where you just stay inside and grumble all day. Luckily E found his red bandanna from his pirate costume and converted it to something new. Suddenly the living room became the scene of a shoot-out as E the bandit and Sheriff Mom battled it out. It was a scary day in the Wild West. The Bandit E tried jumping on the train as it went by but missed. Luckily Sheriff Mom was there to catch him. He ducked into his cave trying to wait me out, but I went in guns blazing. Unfortunately Sheriff Mom was shot down. Th long arm of the law just couldn’t catch him this time.

After the 400th time of playing out outlaw and sheriff we finally tired enough to curl up on the couch. Unfortunately I don’t have any good books with tales of the lawless West. I do have the book Mistresses of Mayhem which has a short blurb on Belle Starr, but that’s about it. Tomorrow we’ll have to take recycling in so maybe we can make a trip by the library and see what they have. Living in Oklahoma we should have a pretty good collection to choose from.

And while I’m there I might try to use the library printer really quick and print off a couple western coloring pages for him. I think he would get a kick out of coloring a cowboy or two. Maybe I could make a tinfoil badge and make a “wanted” poster with a photo of him. And of course, I better figure out a way for him to have a pretend gun. After all, the shoot out is the best part of the fun!

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Published by: Summer on December 7th, 2007 | Filed under homeschooling, kids

3 Responses to “My Little Outlaw”

1. Christine Says:
   December 7th, 2007 at 1:44 am

   Old toothbrushes make for great, easy and very non-threatening impromptu guns!

2. Sara Says:
   December 8th, 2007 at 5:11 pm

   I like Christine’s idea! And he’s so cute…hehehe

3. jugglingpaynes Says:
   December 12th, 2007 at 4:24 pm

   Great ideas! I did something similar when my son was into pirates!

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