On the last full day of our cruise, we woke to a nice breakfast in the casual dining area - Kade and I were impressed by all the carvings.... Brock was only impressed after he got some food in his belly - he gets hangry! We also had fun spelling with the words "Mousse" and "Moose" (see breakfast desserts below in champagne flutes! Fancy!!)
We dropped the boys off at Adventure Camp to have a morning on the boat ourselves. Took a peek at the Solarium - an adults only indoor pool. It was nice and quiet in there - although the boys would have loved the elephants!
Brent was too funny. He's such a sea-man! One of his daily checks was on the current sea conditions - he saw the gale-force winds coming two days beforehand! He knew Friday was going to be a bit bumpy!
Here's Brent giving his best weatherman/sea-person forecast:
Shortly after that, Brent left to put in his time at the gym and I FINALLY grabbed my book and found a chair in the shade to read. Easily one of my top five favorite moments on the cruise.
Okay, back to reality! Picked up the kids because Brock really wanted to try the climbing wall. The boys suited up with special climbing shoes and harnesses.
Go Brent, Go!
It was high! And Brock did a great job for only trying once. He got discouraged though, and didn't want to try again.
Brent and Brock decided to venture to the Arcade to lift Brock's spirits and Kade and I wandered over to the Mini-Golf.
Kade did a great job sticking with it and finished all 9 holes! A few greens he even asked if he could help me with my final stroke in the hole. Perhaps he'll be ready to join the big kids this year playing mini-golf at the beach?!??
Alas, it was time to pack as the boat was getting closer to Tampa! Brent took the boys back to the Arcade (haha our favorite place?) while I stuffed everything back in our suitcase!
Including this gem.... ;)
Specialty dinner #2 = Chops Grille, a fantastic steakhouse with a gorgeous sunset view. (The waves were starting to pick up then!)
Cheers!
Selfie on Deck 12, in the wind, at night!
Thank you kind stranger, but seriously - I wore heels to all these dinners and no one wanted to include my new Sam Edelman shoes?!??
Final thoughts on the cruise - we had fun, mostly. Kade's schedule has been so up in the air with school/nanny/school/nanny that he was undoubtably anxious to these new sleeping arrangements/schedules/family vacations. Brock picks up on that and uses it to his delight. It made for some tiring parental moments as both boys felt the need to test, and test, and test us. Kade is still learning table manners and volume control - two things at a more formal style dinner that would make anyone uncomfortable, let alone an OCD parent. I think if I were to do it again, eating at the buffet for dinner with the boys would have been a much better option instead of a sit-down three-course meal (but I pushed for it...).
There was some funny and sweet moments - The look on their faces when they first saw the ship. Brock helping Kade with counting the decks. Brock sharing his new Key West shark with his brother. Both of them looking out for each other at the splash park. The date night dinners were so relaxing and delicious! The Casino was good to me - WON $80 on my second pull on the slot machine! We had fun, but happy to be home!
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