Day Two on the cruise

Monday was our first full day at sea. We woke up and went to have breakfast.

This is inside the elevator which had decorative "finials" framing the artwork. Well the kids insisted from the moment we got on that they were little seats for kids and each time the elevator doors opened, they were like white on rice to those things. Weird.

After breakfast we went to the pool. It was nice because the pool itself wasn't that huge, but it had this huge area around it that was only 4 inches or so deep, so you could sit on the tiled wall and have your feet in the water. Or you could jump around in the shallow area too. So with this being the first morning at sea, you have to realize that we were booking it down the Atlantic coast. The boat was a rocking majorly. You will have to watch the video below that documents the pool water amidst the rocking boat. Keep in mind we're on deck 9 of 11 in the pool, so we're pretty darn high up off the ocean.

After swimming the kids went to Camp Carnival, while Brian and I took pictures on the deck. This cute outfit is from Muddy and Guppy. I actually had a woman stop me and say, "I have to tell you how great you look."

When we picked the kids up, we were happy to find that Addie had won the "Decorate your wizard hat" competition. And therefore her prize was the Camp Carnival medal. Addie said she's pretty sure that the thing the set her hat apart from all of the rest is the little rainbow on the bottom corner of it. Ben is holding the ship on a stick trophy that Brian won at sports trivia during the day too. Addie is holding the trophy I won for the twist.

Then we had to get cleaned up and dressed for the Elegant Night.

Sorry these two are sideways, but I scanned them that way and don't know how to rotate in Blogger! Ben is thrilled to wear his "Little Brian" outfit. And of course Addie was dazzling in a Muddy creation.

Remember I mentioned dancing? Well this is our Assistant Waiter, Susilo, cutting a rug with Addie during the end of dinner serenade. There's a video of that you must watch below too! (It's not loading below, so I'm going to try to load it separately).

Susilo has the talent to be able to fold napkins into creatures. Here's a bird he made for Addie.

And the bird he made for Ben.

Walking back from dinner we happened to walk through one of the lounges where the Carnival Pride band was performing and couples were dancing. You know they couldn't resist, so Addie and Ben had to take a few moments to shake what their mama gave them. The couple to the right came to know Addie and Ben well through the dance outlets.

We arrived back in our room to find out what our towel animal of the night would be. Those would be my sunglasses on the little fella.

And without a peep, they were in bed and sound asleep after a full day of cruising. We had no idea that our room had bunk beds. The top bunk folds out of the ceiling, which was pretty cool!

At the most extreme times, the water was emptying out three tiles deep!!! Luckily the kids didn't have any motion sickness issues. There were vomit bags in all the hallways and bathrooms for people. Brian's mom and Scott's girlfriend had a really hard time with the rockiness.