July 6th - Day at Sea

We woke up at 6:30 AM ready to explore the ship and have some fun!

The boys looking down at the ocean through the floor window.  We were on our way to breakfast

Laura, Joe, Travis, Brayden, Emmett and I went up to deck 11 for our breakfast.  We got a very sunny spot right at the corner window of the ship where we had lots of yummy food!  I had a chocolate croissant, and made myself an egg and sausage sandwich.  Emmett ate a veggie omelette and kept asking for more croissant.

THANKS MOM - I love this!

Laura & Brayden enjoying their breakfast by the window!

Mommy & Emmett at breakfast!

Emmett LOVES the Nemo wall that is in the cafe where we always eat breakfast, so we had to get picture!

After breakfast, Emmett and I went to the open play toddler time!  WOW did they have a nice place for infants and toddlers to hang out!  We met a friend name Cooper there who had just turned 1, we only hung out there for like 45 minutes and then headed out.  

Then we made our way to the pool area and got great seats!  Travis and Brayden had fun in the Mickey pool and then Travis and Joe went down the big water slide.  Emmett isn't allowed to be in the pool because he's not potty trained, but we made our way to Nemo's Reef and actually Brayden really enjoyed it as well!

Emmett was a little timid at first, not really running through the water or just paying with it.  But then he got more and more adventurous and started really having fun! He was running through the rain water that was coming down in the splash park and loved finding Nemo all over the place.

Papa then watched Emmett in the splash park while my mom and I decided to go down the big water slide. We really thought that it would be slow, however, the moment we got on, my mom and I were off!  Racing around corners, sliding up the hills and through dark tunnels, then finally it was more relaxing.  But there was my mom yelling and squeezing her legs tightly against my waist.  It was pretty fun!  Travis even got to try it at night time and it lit up with all different color lights.

Emmett just wanted to sit & eat his cheddar bunnies

When we got back, I got Emmett from Nemo's reef and Laura and Brayden were by the our chairs so we decided to have a snack break!  Emmett had his crackers, Brayden had some yogurt melts and Joe, Laura and myself had a nice refreshing drink!  Mango mojito for ME, it was delicious, I could have used like 5 more haha

Relaxing & having snacks with Nana

Cheers to a fun vacation!

Then we just sat and relaxed; Aladdin was playing on the big screen that over looked the pool.  After our short relaxation, Brayden went down the little water slide a few times, Travis swam in the Mickey pool, so I decided to join Joe and Travis in the Mickey pool with Emmett.  He's not really allowed because he's in a swim diaper, but we thought why not try, there was a step that he could stand on and not be fully in the water.  Uncle Joe and Emmett had a blast hanging out in the pool:


Mom and Dad were off playing BINGO, which they won 2 of the 4 games and they made $275!  But we all met back up and had a nice lunch out side on the very back of the boat, minus almost getting hit by a golf ball that came shooting out from the mini golf above.  They had sushi at lunch today, so I had 2 servings of it, YUMMMMMM!

Then it was off for Emmett & Brayden's nap.  Both boys went down good and slept for 2 hours.  Travis, Nana, Joe, and Laura all left at 2:45 pm to go see the Aladdin theater show, while my dad, Emmett, Brayden and myself were in the rooms.  But then at 2:55 Emmett woke up from his nap and Emmett and I were able to make it to the show.  We couldn't find the rest of the crew, so Emmett and I sat near the back in case he needed to leave.  But he did so good, he loved watching the singing and entertainment.  It was a really good show!  We did have to leave just 10 minutes earlier, but Emmett was waving and clapping at the stage, it was really cute!


Then it was time to get ready for our 1st formal dinner.  We all got dressed up and went and met Mickey before dinner!

Emmett out on the balcony waiting for everyone to get ready - just enjoying the view!

It was so cute to see how much they all loved seeing Mickey.  Emmett is just too cute with all the characters!  He just walks right up to them, checks them out, then warms up and gives hugs, kisses, high fives, and cried when I have to tell him to say bye-bye.

We were in the Animators Palate dinning hall.  It was super cute.  They had big TV screens all around but set-up so characters from Nemo could talk to the tables.  The kids were so excited to see the shark and Crush, Squirt, and Nemo.  It was very entertaining for them.  Emmett pointed and said "Ooooo" when the characters came on the screen.  But other than that, he was busy taking crayons in and out of a cup.  We got a bottle of white and relaxed for a moment, until I thought Emmett was choking on the goat cheese, tomato, red onion, tarte.  I pulled him out of his highchair and then he started crying so I knew he was ok.  I probably scared him, but he scared me too.  Thankfully, he was fine though!

I had a very delicious red snapper, while Emmett had a roasted chicken, but he ate a lot of my fish!  We all ended the meal with the most amazing dessert!  It was a cookies and cream sundae with a chocolate chip cookie at the bottom!  OMG SOOOOOO GOOD!!!  I ate the whole thing.

Emmett & Mommy at formal dinner

The Dudycha's at Formal Dinner

Nana & Papa at our formal dinner

Then we went back to the room, and Emmett went to bed.  Travis and Brayden went back by the pool, that's when Trav went down the water slide at night.  Brayden was done with the pool, so Nana and him came back and Brayden went to bed.  Trav and Joe didn't get back till almost 10pm - they were having too much fun!

The kids then were asleep, and the adults were all hanging out but we were all exhausted and we ended up going to bed around 11pm.

OVERALL, great day at sea.  We can't wait to swim with the dolphins tomorrow!

We are just having the best time!