Jack Sparrow, meet Tinky Winky

So kids' librarians can't let Halloween go by without a proper costume. You really can't. Last year I tried to be a resident of Gryffindor, but it puzzled the kids who are a bit too young to be into Hogwarts. My bad. This year I decided I'd be a pirate (not too scary a pirate, mind you)-- pirates next to dinosaurs is probably the most favorite storytime theme.

I ordered a pirate hat, an eyepatch, and a hook. But instead of the hat, they sent this. Whoops. Hope we don't have any former followers of Jerry Falwell in our storytime group. I think I might just wear the big purple costume. Maybe with the hook hand, eyepatch, and pirate goatee. Do kids still know the Teletubbies or is this just a bad joke? I definitely will not carry the purse.