Disney Cruise Day 3

Happy May Day!  Does anyone still celebrate this awesome day?  As I kid, it was my favorite day of the year :)  I'm going to bring it back for my kids ;)

Good morning from Castaway Cay.  We lathered up in sunscreen and hit the beach early.  The kids loved playing on the islands water playground.  I walked around watching the kids have the time of their lives.  Nick stood in long lines to get some yummy adult drinks.  

After a few hours of playing in the water and sand, we planned to head back to the ship, but, we had a better idea.  We rented a paddle boat.  It was so much fun.  After we were done with that, the kids wanted to go to the beaches kid club.  So off they went and then Nick and I rented the water trikes.  It was so fun, yet scary because I didn't feel stable.  It was nice to just get away, the two of us.

We spent 7 hours on the beach!  There were so many photo ops on the way back to the ship.  After getting back on board, we took showers and relaxed for about an hour.  Then it was time to celebrate Pirate night and head off to dinner.  We were hoping to see the fireworks from our balcony because we were all so tired from all that fun in the sun, but we couldn't.  I guess if we were on the other side of the ship we would've.

 

We slept GREAT that night!  Day 3 was the BEST day ever.

Disney Cruise Days 1 & 2

You guys.  We took a cruise and it has forever changed my thoughts on cruising the waters.  We had this trip planned for two years.  Our original trip was supposed to be in June, however, we had to change it and decided right before Christmas would be perfect.  And it was!

We flew out the day before our cruise and we're so glad we did.  There were so many cancellations because of weather, we might have missed our cruise.  Luckily we left just in time and arrived in Orlando to enjoy dinner and get a good nights rest before boarding our shuttle to the cruise the next morning.

When we arrived at the port, check-in was so easy.  We were actually boarding group 2, so we were able to walk right on the boat.

There was so much fun at the sailing away party.  Poor Sterling's little toes were stepped on by an overly excited teenager.  It was crowded and loud, but oh so fun!

We had late dining, which was at 8, but it worked for us.  We went to the shows or swam before dinner when it was less crowded.

On the morning of day 2, we stepped out on our balcony and enjoyed the sunrise in Nassau.  I loved having the balcony.  I read a book and just sat and relaxed while the kids played in the kids club.  They loved kids club!

We decided to not get off the ship on this day.  We wanted to enjoy the water rides and meet more characters.

The kids were invited to a dance party with some of the Disney Junior characters.  They had so much fun.

We found Santa and lots of characters to take pictures with.

Before dinner, Xander went to kids club (he didn't want to go with us) and the rest of us went to see Beauty and the Beast.  I thought it was going to be the newest movie that just came out.  No, it was a play.  And it was amazing!  We loved it!

The pool was so crowded.  We enjoyed the aqua duck and Mickey's Hand slide the most.  The kids went on the Mickey's Hand slide over and over for hours!  Nick wouldn't go on the aqua duck, so I had to take turns taking the kids because they weren't tall enough to go solo.  It was still fun, just a lot of line waiting for me ;)

Day 3 next...

Thanksgiving

We had the most memorable Thanksgiving.  We went to New York City!  Since forever ago, I've always wanted to go to the Macy's Day Parade.  We decided last minute that we were going to make it happen and I'm so glad we did!

We explored the city and walked around 10 miles every day.  It was worth all the complaining of little legs hurting ;)  They loved it too.  

There is just so much to do and not enough time.  But, we concurred everything we set out to do.

Central park

The Today Show viewing

Lego store

Horse buggy ride

The parade

Time Square

The Rockettes

A visit with Santa at Macy's

Target (it was so tiny in the city!)

Seeing all the lovely brownstones

It was a special weekend and I loved every minute of it.  Sterling ended up being sick one of the days, and then the next day Nick was sick.  Why are men so dramatic when they are sick?!  UGH.

The day after we returned home, my mom came to watch the kids while Nick and I headed out of town for the week.

Up next is something possibly even more fun.  How is that possible?!