After dark

After the sun went down every night we would all get cleaned up and enjoy the night life around the ship. We were able to all sit together between two tables and we took turns and rotated the kids nightly to keep some sort of sanity!

The second night was the Captain's night so it was very formal!  We all loved getting dressed up in our "fancy clothes" and meeting the captain!

During dinner, Troy and Kelby were definitely the brave ones of the bunch.  They always got the odd thing off the menu to try and ended up liking most of what they got.  Throughout the week they tried frog legs, snails, ox tongue, alligator bites, tiger shrimp, and lamb.  They were very adventurous!!  These were the frog legs.

Baylee and Koby also tried a few new things.  Koby really like the creme brulee and the chilled fruit soups.  By the last night, Koby ordered two desserts because he couldn't decided which one to try.  I was very proud of them all for getting out of their comfort zones and trying new things.  Teague, however, did not participate in trying anything new.  Most every night when we got to dinner he was not too hungry.  He started at the ice cream machine every morning at about 8am!  One day I think he had 6 or 7 ice cream cones!  I think that was his favorite thing; ice cream and mini golf!!

There was also a show every night that the wait staff would put on and we got to participate in those with them!

After dinner we would decide which shows to go to!  There were so many choices, but we mostly went to the comedy acts, the main shows, and the dancing shows.  It seemed like no matter where we went someone from our group ended up in the show!

At one of the kid friendly comedy shows, Troy and Kelby wanted to sit front row.  We warned them that they would probably be picked on and they didn't care, and then we told them there was no way we were sitting on the front row with them, and again they said they didn't care.  Well, sure enough, they got picked on!  So much so that the whole show ended up being about them!  He nicknamed them Eli and Peyton and for 35 minutes he asked them questions and made jokes with what they said and then towards the end, he asked where their parents were!  I was now hiding and make Richard raise his hand from the audience! He then proceeded to make fun of us! Afterwards, we asked the comedian if he would take a picture with them!  From then on, anyone who saw them around the ship called them Eli and Peyton.  I know they will never forget that night!

The following night we went to a dance show with break dancing and pop-n-lock dancing that was very entertaining and Richard and Baylee found themselves in the middle of that performance!  They were asked to do their best dance move and they both did great!

We had some unforgettable moments in the evenings and it was all so much fun!  If you have never been on a cruise, it really is a wonderful way to spend a vacation.  There are lots of things to do or you can choose to do nothing at all!  The staff and performers are all so friendly and go out of their way to make sure you are having fun!  What an incredible week!