We were lucky enough to go on the Carnival Splendor which is their brand new ship. It was so beautiful that Neeley kept saying, "Why is everything so beautiful Mom?" We had a balcony room that was really spacious and the girls were in heaven with their bunk bed and spent hours up there. They also thoroughly enjoyed the kids club. We would read the schedule to Neeley and she would tell us to leave her there for the day. They did all kinds of fun activities like painting t-shirts, pirate games, crafts and songs. It was nice to be able to go and relax just the two of us knowing that if the girls needed us we could be reached on the cell phone they gave us. We really took advantage of eating dinner alone a few times and going to the shows without them. We took the girls to the dancing and singing show and Neeley kept telling me how immodest the dancers were in their dresses. And then she would say, "But I guess they made their choice, didn't they Mom!" I am glad to see she can recognize immodesty and that people make poor choices! (For the record, it was a family show and they had much more cloths on than the "Dancing with the Stars" people!)
Neeley and Kayla learned about the shopping on the ship early. They could spend hours checking out the trinkets and toys and even conned us into a few things. They really caught on fast to the whole cruising thing. Every night they would get shrimp and steak for dinner. They gave up on bringing us the kids menu. They also took full advantage of the round the clock ice cream machines!
Our first stop was Ensinada. Not my favorite place to go but there are so many things you can do on the ship, we didn't worry about that. We dropped the kids off at the kids club and got off the ship. It was still a little early in the morning so none of the shops were open yet but we actually preferred to window shop so we didn't get heckled to death! After a little while, we walked back to the ship to pick up the girls. We tried to go on the ships water slide but it was a little cold out so we opted to explore the ship and have lunch by the pool. It was so nice to be able to enjoy some down time on vacation and not feel like you have to run everywhere!
Hanging on the beach is one of our favorite things to do. That is the first thing we found when we got to Cabo San Lucas. Lounge chairs near the water, cold drinks, a little sunblock and sunshine is all we needed for a day of fun! The girls enjoyed building sand castles and running in the water, Jer enjoyed his walk along the beach to shell hunt and I sat back and relaxed (well as much as you can with all of the vendors trying to peddle their stuff) on the lounge chairs. After a while of play we had a traditional Mexican lunch of tacos and beans with chips and salsa. The water was perfect and the air was warm. There is nothing better!
The girls thought they were pretty cool stuff in their sunglasses, but they weren't so sure about the sand being everywhere on our way back to the ship!
3 comments:
What a fun trip! I'm glad you were able to make more memories. I love cruising if it weren't for the dang sea sickness. Otherwise, I wish I could have stowed away in your suitcase. Vacations are the best.
This trip looks like so much fun and just what you all needed. I think it must have made the girls feel really special too. Love ya to death--let me know when you go to the dr.!
Ohh, how fun! The girls look like they really enjoyed it--and they're old enough to actually have memories of this one! Looks like two very happy girls (and a happy Mom and Dad)!
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