A Real Pirate!!

Today, it happened. The dreaded moment of 'in the mouths of babes' happened to me. We were in Ross returning some capris (ugh why can't I find cute capris) and the boys were in the cart playing with their little race cars. They were being pretty loud, but were staying in the cart so I just let them be. I turned to sign the slip and it went really quiet. For mothers of young kids you know that's never a good sign. I flipped around to see both my boys eyes and mouths wide open. They were just standing their in amazement, almost in shock. I said 'What's the matter guys?'
Well, in the line next to us there was an older gentleman, with a big dark beard, dark coat and you guessed it, an eye patch. So Kayden almost screams 'Mom, a real life pirate! I can't beleive it!' Trace says 'Oh my dosh, a pirate, look everyone!' I wanted to die.
A few women in line started giggling as I was trying to cover their mouths and get the heck out of there. I felt terrible, I even had big tears in my eyes, I just didn't know what to do. I looked up to apologize to the man and he made my day. He gave up his place in line, calmly walked over to my boys - who went back into shock mode at this point- and said 'Hi young men, would you like to shake hands with a real life pirate?' Of course they said yes, never taking their eyes off of his eye patch. He shook hands with them and talked to them for a minute or two, it was really cute. He was so wonderful and could tell I was mortified. He tapped me on the shoulder and said, 'Don't you worry, I enjoyed this little exchange very much.' I don't know why I was so emotional about it, I just felt terrible.
I said thank you and tried to hurry to the back of the store, all the while my boys are yelling 'Oh my word, I shook hands with a real life pirate! Can you believe it mom! This is the best day ever!' Then they started chanting 'A Pirate! A Pirate! A Pirate!'
Anyway, I'm laughing about it now, and am very grateful for that sweet man making my boys day.