Fei's 9th Birthday dinner. The table staff danced for us and Fei leaped up to join them.
They brought her a Chocolate Melting cake with a candle and sang to her. Great fun.
The kids all had fun coming down the grand staircase doing royal princess waves to everyone.
Couldn't let Jia sleep up there but she did watch some cartoons with Fei.
Crazy how small that room was!
The first night with Eric so sick, he took the top bunk and Fei, Jia and I slept in the big bed (two twins shoved together). The second night Jia kicked Eric one time to many and he ordered a crib. I thought there would be serious melt downs about sleeping in a crib but she seemed to like it. Layed down and crashed for the next three nights.
Looking out at Catelina Island.
Towel folding class.
This one is an elephant. They also learned how to make a bulldog.
Music with Brian. They had so much fun.
Lido deck.
They chose macaroni and fries for their first meal. I assure you, they ate much better after that first meal :)
Where is Jia?
Oh, it just never grows old. Where is Jia?
We did ok on the Carnival cruise. I was told by many it was a party boat. Didn't see that at all. Still mostly older folks. Didn't see one person having a 'party'. They did seem to play the music too loud on the lido deck. Perhaps Carnival 'wants' to be a party boat? There weren't that many kids, perhaps because school is still in. I wasn't at all impressed with the check in and check out procedures. We were yelled at several times. WTH? I'm not sure if that is a Carnival issue or a port issue. I will write and complain because it was pretty awful. We had to book a special room that accomodated five people and paid more for that. When we got in our room, I turned around and tried to push past Eric saying 'lets get off this boat while we have a chance!'. He wouldn't let me leave. Seriously, the room was beyond horrid. Bunks over our head and feet, no where for Jia to sleep. We were never able to get five towels, faceclothes or chocolates. It's like they refused to believe there were five of us. How we survived that tiny space is beyond me. The bathroom was like a 70's rv all in one with a vibrant blue floor, it was raised so had a stupid lip for all of us to trip on. No bathtub for Jia. Only one temperature for showers. So tiny only one person could go in there at a time. Oh and the color scheme of the room...ug...red and orange! I won't be scanning Carnival ads any time soon I tell ya'! We enjoyed our friends company, the food was pretty good and certainly plentiful :) There was some fun entertainment and the price was really great.
