Cruisin'- Day Five

This morning we arrived in Cabo San Lucas! Before heading off the ship we enjoyed our Character Breakfast at Parrot Cay. We had visits from lots of the Disney characters, but I think the kids may have enjoyed all the silly napkin hats (made by Raka) even more!!

Since we were going to be in Cabo for two days, we decided that today we would shop and tomorrow we'd hit the beach. We walked around to all the shops, and it was very helpful to have Rich there to barter with people! We got some Mexican vanilla and souvenirs for the kids.

 

When we were all shopped out we decided to take a glass-bottom boat ride. Jackson LOVED it and would scream whenever he saw anything under the water!

We got so see some seals, which the kids thought was really cool!

Tonight on the ship it was Pirate Night! We donned our stripes, eye patches, and earrings and headed to dinner in Parrot Cay. The servers had a pirate dance party with the kids and they loved it!

After dinner we took the kids back to the room to rest before the pirate party later that night.  We had to wake them up around 10:00 and they were so sleepy! But I think they enjoyed the show, and especially the fireworks!

 

Back in our room, a little monkey was hanging out, just waiting for us to return!

 

Cruisin- Day Four

Today we stopped at our first port, Puerto Vallarta. Rich and Marla booked us a great excursion on a pirate ship, so we got of the boat early that morning and got in line to meet our pirate. While waiting, a lady came up and asked if the kids wanted to hold her parrot. They thought it was cool, but little did I know that we were supposed to pay her for this service.....lesson learned. And thanks, Marla, for forking over the cash.

 We met our pirate, Bones, and boarded the ship. On our ride to a little island the pirates put on a show for us, got us dancing, and fed us breakfast. This was also the first time we encountered "Tie Dye" and his family. They were odd ducks, and we saw them throughout the rest of the cruise. We called him Tie Dye because he wore the same tie dyed shirt every day....of course I failed to get a picture of him until the day we left, and he was wearing a new shirt!

 Once on the island, the kids had a blast playing on the beach! Jackson got pummeled by a wave and wore his life jacket from that moment on. The pirates took the kids on a treasure hunt, I caught a crab, and we all enjoyed a nice swim.

Back on the ship we enjoyed more of the pirate show, had yummy drinks, ate lunch, and got some pirate scars.

this is our pirate, Bones (stop swooning, Alayna!)

no, Jackson is not crying- it's just the salt water!

 We got back on the ship in time to shower before dinner. Tonight we ate in Animator's Palate. It was so neat! They had Disney music playing the whole time, and the paintings on the walls would randomly light up. The servers did a little show, and the whole room lit up. Even Mickey made an appearance.

After dinner we saw Toy Story the Musical and nearly all of us fell asleep. It was a long, but fun day!

A stingray welcomed us to our room and we gladly jumped in bed, exhausted.

Cruisin'- Day Three

Today was another relaxing day at sea (although we did make a brief stop in Cabo to let a passenger off the ship so they could get to a hospital....I'm still dying to know why!). At breakfast, Raka made Lincoln a pet mouse and taught him how to make it move. After breakfast we attended origami for beginners, where we made candy dishes and fortune tellers. (Matt was so good he could do it with his eyes closed!)

 

Then it was off to Animator's Palate to learn how to draw Goofy. Everyone did a great job!

here's mine

Jackson went to play at the club, and Matt, Kensie, Lincoln and I went to play Wonder Quest. It was hilarious! Kat gave us a team number and then would call out different things for us to show her. One time she said "I need to see your team number and a bald man"! Lucky us. Several other teams used Matt as their bald man, as well.

Lincoln had to get up on stage and dance to Justin Beiber....

Kat wanted to see our team number and a pirate impersonation.

 After the game we danced some more!

The kids went swimming in the Mickey Pool and met Goofy. This was the one and only time we stood in line to see a character, which was fine by me. This line was short, but that was not the norm. I was glad that the kids weren't begging to see the characters because it would have taken up so much time each day. Seeing them in the shows was good enough for them AND me!

 Dinner was at Triton's again. Of course, no dinner would be complete without Jackson's Mickey Bar and Raka's entertainment!

After dinner, Matt, Rich, and the kids went to the ventriloquist show while Marla & I saw The Help.

 

sunset out our stateroom window

Tonight, Mr. Bunny was waiting for us. Our stateroom host left all our animals in tact for us, so by the end of the cruise we had quite the collection on the dresser!