Day 5 – Cabo San Lucas

We started the day with Characters Breakfast at Parrot Cay.  Several Disney characters were visiting the dining hall, coming to each table to say hello and we got to take pictures with them.  Logan and Connor both enjoyed seeing the characters but were a bit reserved when getting close to them.  The ship arrived at Cabo in the late morning;  because of the timing, we did not sign up for any excursion for the day. We ended up spending the day on our own as our friends wanted to go on shore at noon and we rather do that later.  We walked around in the ship in the morning, played some ping pong, and then went for some swimming.  It was a very nice day to stay in as many people had disembarked and places were less crowded.  Before we went swimming, I decided to give Connor 1/2 tablet of Dramamine as he still was not eating much, and more needy than usual.  It was definitely not easy to give a tablet to a baby.  We hung out at the goofy pool this time; Logan and I had fun floating around together.  Stuart was carrying Connor around that Connor ended up falling asleep on him (maybe the effect of Dramamine).  Stuart enjoyed the hour of relaxing time on the lounge chair while Connor laid on his chest.  After swimming, we had our lunch at the pool side while watching “The Incredibles” on the big screen.  We woke up from nap at 4pm, and decided to take the tender boat for a quick trip to the pier.  At that time, not too many people were disembarking, so we had our own private boat.  The kids loved the boat ride even though it was a bit rocky.  We did a quick walk around the shops and took the boat ride back to get ready for dinner.  It was a pirate theme dinner at Parrot Cay, but at our table, only Mckayla was dressed for the event as Tinker Bell.  The daddies ended up wearing the pirates bandanas.  This was the first dinner where Connor actually ate quite a bit of pasta on his own.  There was a big pirate deck party and fireworks at 10:30pm, but due to the timing, we decided to opt out on that.  We played at the clubhouse for awhile before calling the night.  Our friends stayed up to enjoy the great show. 

Day 6 – Cabo San Lucas

We had an excursion to a beach resort at 8:45am, so we got ready right after breakfast. But this trip took longer before we got to the destination (ie.tender boat and bus ride), we were only given 3 hours at the hotel.  The water in the big beautiful pool was quite cold, so we all moved to the kid pool to play instead.  We then migrated to the beach as Logan wanted to play with sands; the sands was a lot more coarse there.  We were warned that there was no swimming in the ocean due to variable tides at Cabos.  We just played at the edge of the water and had fun jumping over the waves.  While we were playing at the beach, Cary and Phil decided to take their boys for a jet ski ride and had a blast.  We went back to play at the kid pool again, then had a Mexican buffet lunch at noon.  Afterward, both Connor and Marcus took a quick nap on their daddies before returning to the ship.  With all the transportation, we barely made it back to the ship on time.  After a long nap, it was time to get ready for semi-formal night.  By this night, Connor (and I think Marcus too) had become more restless at dinner time; he would point to the entrance way as soon as we were seated at the table.  So often Stuart had to take Connor out for a walk before our food arrived.  Our head server had the chef made us a plate of seafood fried rice which was quite delicious, and Connor once again had some appetite for that.  After dinner, we got ready for another theater show, Disney Dreams: the Enchanted Classics.  This was another great show featuring Peter Pan and many wonderful songs and dancing.  Connor enjoyed it, but his attention had gotten shorter that Stuart had to take him out of the theater before the show ended.  Logan and I stayed to enjoy the rest of the show.  By then, we were more used to staying up that we took the kids to the kid club for a brief play before calling the night.

Day 7 – At Sea

This was not a very pleasant day as the weather changed dramatically.  It was freezing cold in the morning when we went for breakfast.  It was too cold to do anything on the decks, so we just hung out at the clubhouse.  Connor was becoming quite clingy and needy that I decided to sign him up for the nursery so I could have some times to myself and to pack.  At lunchtime we did bundle up to have lunch at the deck while watching “Monster Inc.” on the big screen.  We really enjoyed a cup of hot cocoa during lunch.  We all took a long nap.  During the nap, we could tell that the waves were getting stronger.  Connor was cheerful after nap, but due to the big waves, I gave him another dose of Dramamine before taking him to the nursery.  He cried immediately when I handed him off, but he stopped after only 10 seconds as he was shown with all the toys in the room.  So I felt better to return to our room myself.  As I approached our room, I heard Logan crying.  Apparently, he did not feel well after nap, and he threw up all his lunch and was placed in the tub while Stuart tried to clean up.  Poor Logan was so uncomfortable.  I finally rushed him out of the room as soon as we changed him since the seasickness felt worse inside the room.  We stopped by the nursery to peek at Connor who was sitting and watching the other kids , then we went to the movie theater to watch the 2nd half of Snow White.  Logan was feeling better by then and enjoyed the show with me.  Stuart and I took turns doing some packing.  While doing packing, we definitely felt the waves, so we both double medicated with Dramamine and scopolamine.  We picked up Connor from the nursery after he had been there for an hour and a half; he was quite cheerful and was showing me a couple of toys there before asking to be picked up.  We then headed to our last dinner at Animator’s Palate.  Phil and Uno were apparently suffering from seasick as well and did not come join us for dinner.  Stuart and I both felt less dizzy by then, so we could enjoy the dinner.  Connor also ate some pastas and Logan enjoyed his last Mickey ice cream bar at the end of dinner.  Afterward, we headed over to watch the last theater show, “Remember the Magic: The Final Farewell”.  This show was wonderful, but there was a segment with a comedian juggler that both Logan and Connor found it too slow while I enjoyed his jokes.  The show ended with a farewell finale with many of the characters coming out to sing and dance.  Logan definitely enjoyed it.  After the great show, we decided to let the kids play at the clubhouse for the last time.  Despite the seasickness, it still wrapped up into another good final day.

Day 8 – Disembarking

We ended up sleeping in a bit and had to rush to finish packing before heading to breakfast at 7:15am.  It was the final big breakfast and we said our farewell to our fellow cruise companions or “the friends” as Logan referred to everyone, and to our servers.  We waited at the restaurant til our group were called to disembark; the process went smoothly.  We were at grandparents’ house by 10am.  We spent the rest of the day relaxing and letting the kids play with the grandparents.  It took us awhile for our bodies to get used to being on land again and it took me some times to accept that the vacation was ending soon and we had to return to our routine.  We tried to be very careful during the entire cruise about washing hands and using antiseptic wipes, but Connor ended up still getting sick, he started coughing on that day. 

Day 9 – Heading home

After waking up early in the morning, we decided to drive home in mid morning so that we could be home before dark and before dinner.  After playing with grandparents in the morning and saying farewell, we started our long drive home.  The boys were calm, until shortly after our first stop.  Connor became uncomfortable and started to cry non stop for 20mins.  We made another stop so I could give him a dose of Tylenol.  He continued to cry another 10minutes after we resumed driving, and he finally felt asleep for the rest of the trip.  Both boys were excited to walk around in the front yard as soon as we arrived home.  Scottie was happy to see us and to get out of the house too.

     Now vacation is over and we are back to routine.  Logan has returned to school since yesterday.  Connor’s cough and runny nose have been bad the past 2 days, so I decided to stay home with him to allow him time to get better and to avoid spreading the germs to school.  Hope he would return to school tomorrow.