Last Day of Chaos: Disney Cruise Day 7

Our last full day on the boat was a bit of a rough one. We hit some stormy weather, so everyone seemed to be hiding out a bit. Chris remained on the top deck with an extra set of my mom's electric anti-nausea bands on his wrists. My mom was hibernating in her cabin trying to keep anything down. That being said, it was cold, yucky and nauseating! We took the kids to see Winnie the Pooh in the theatre (which was packed). Syd and I snuck out a little early to get some final photos with the remaining characters on the boat. A small group of us made it to dinner, but unfortunately Seamus started turning green in the middle of it. Jay had to rush him out of dinner only for him to barely make it to the bathroom in time. Poor guy! I've never seen so much carpet cleaning in my life. It was like watching a bad scene from Goonies. It was hitting everyone, everywhere. Somehow Syd and I were pretty lucky to have been able to avoid it. Although, the second we stepped off the boat in the morning, I felt like I was still on it for almost a full week! So not sure which was worse. That all being said, not many photos from the last full day at sea!

Bunny rabbit on the last night!

Swimming With Dolphins: Disney Cruise Day 6

This was a pretty exciting day. We headed off to the Dolphin excursion where the kids were going to be able to touch the dolphins and see them do a few tricks. The kids had ants in their pants waiting for them to tell us that we were all set to head up to the pools!



All the kids got in the water and they went down the line with each child being able to kiss the dolphin, get splashed by the dolphin and a few other tricks. Then near the end, they had the kids place their hands on the dolphin's fins and the kids were taken for a ride in a circle. Seamus could barely contain himself because he wanted to do it so badly. Syd leaned over to him before it was her turn and said "you can go instead of me because I'm too scared." Soooo, the trainer put Syd's hands on the dolphin anyways and as she started to scream "I don't wan....." she was swept off by the dolphin. I've never seen such a big smile on her face! So glad she was pushed into it because it was her favorite moment! We were so proud of her, we bought her a Cabo dolphin t-shirt and a dolphin stuffed animal.

After the excursion, Lala and Papa met us at the dolphin pool. The kiddos decided to head back to the boat with Lala to do some swimming. We stayed back to head out to some lunch before the boat took off again. Dad posing with a lovely pirate!

Chris wanted to walk into town and the rest of us headed off to do a little shopping. Betsy found some lovely objects!

We headed back to the boat and met up with the kids and Lala at the pool! We made it just in time for Syd to dance a little with Minnie Mouse.

We all got together again for a fun dinner and then went and took advantage of having some photos taken (aka trying to use up all our photos we paid for!) :)

Our waiter loved doing tricks for the kids. He did this very trick and the kids were in shock. Syd asked Chris if he could do the trick again for her...and he did!

After our pictures, my mom set up an appointment for Syd to get her hair braided. I wasn't exactly keen on the idea, but Syd wanted it and my mom wanted to have it done for her. Soooo we made it to our appointment. The one thing I can say is that it truly made Syd appreciate how gentle I am when I do her hair. Poor girl was in some serious pain. I had to hold her hand and try to distract her from what was happening.

All done and she loves it!

It was absolutely freezing on the deck since we were at sea. So we headed right back down to our room and were greeted by a hanging monkey towel!

Cabo Fishing & Shopping: Disney Cruise Day 5

We arrived in Cabo San Lucas and I have to say that the view was absolutely breathtaking as we pulled up. We were all out on our balconies ooh'ing and aaah'ing together.

The boys had a deep sea fishing excursion waiting for them, my mom decided to stay put and hang out at the pool. This left Syd, Betsy, Seamus and I to head into town to do some shopping and exploring. I'll just say that this was a VERY long day of walking and I'm completely impressed by the kiddos for sticking it out and walking the long distance that they did. We found some fun little stands to shop at. The kids picked up some sunglasses and Syd found herself a lovely Corona, yes CORONA, pink cowboy hat. Lovely. After walking through the middle of town and hitting the mall, we decided to stop for some Mexican food before we went back to the boat.

Seamus was a little smiled out. So Syd decided to give him some help.

How cute is she?

The view from the boat the guys were on as they headed out to start fishing!

Chris' first Mahi Mahi catch!

Chris isn't much of photographer. Sorry Jay for cutting your noggin off!

Dad's Mahi Mahi!

Chris went and caught himself a second one!

This is the life

Dinner that night had a Pirate theme to it. They had Pirate bandanna's waiting for all of us at the dinner table. As you can see, I seriously lack in the bandanna wearing skills.

Jay and I decided to try on the kids' new mouse ears that my parents gave them. My parents must be so proud!

Syd and her Dad

Syd got to meet Peter Pan too! She wasn't really keen on standing next to him, so I got talked into joining her.

This night we had a lovely and very cool elephant waiting for us in our room!

Pirate Ship Adventure: Disney Cruise Day 4

We reached the Puerto Vallarta harbor and it was time for us to head off to our Pirate Ship excursion. We all lined up and found our own designated pirate and followed him to the ship......UNTIL we were sidetracked by a guy who demanded we get out of line to meet a seal. Seamus was super brave and took a photo with him. When it was Syd's turn, she totally chickened out, so the guy threw me in front of the camera. He place my back to the seal and the next thing I knew, the seal was wrapping it's paws around me!! We'll just say that he smells A LOT like what he eats.

Our pirate ship

Everyone getting ready for breakfast on the ship

Monkey See....

....Monkey Do

This family portrait sounded like a much better idea to Sydney than the reality of it. Poor little thing looks scared. not sure if she's scared for mommy or for her! I look mighty happy for a girl about to get her throat slit!

Poor Dad, they were trying to say that he ate one of the pirates. Clearly they don't recognize pure muscle when they see it.

Our destination beach. We took went out in groups in these little boats to the shore. Chris and Dad decided to go do some snorkeling, so they went out to another area and met up with us just before it was time to head back out onto the pirate ship.

PLAYTIME!!!

They had a treasure hunt set up for the kids. They had a map with lots of clues. The kids followed along even on the scorching hot sand. Then suddenly Seamus went missing. I guess he got a little bored and went back to the water, only after giving Betsy the heart attack of her life!

The treasure was found!! Chocolate treasures for everyone!