BERMUDA

We woke up in beautiful Bermuda! Maddie felt so much better so we were able to get off the boat and go!

We hiked the South Shore Beaches and let the girls splash at each one. 

 Sydney got a little tired on the way back and needed some help.

We got back on the ship and enjoyed some slide time.

We cleaned up and headed to Rapunzel's for dinner. I love this restaurant. You get live music and a full show while you eat, including visits from Rapunzel and Flynn!

On our second day in Bermuda we headed into historic Georgetown. We visited one of the oldest churches in the Western Hemisphere. 

Sisters!

That night was pirate night!

There was a hilarious juggler and Sydney volunteered to go in his show. It was a RIOT. She did so so good. She was the youngest in the show but spoke very well in front of everyone. 

Sydney's cheering section. (Maddie was seasick - again - so Chris was in the room with her.)

The next morning we met the Frozen sisters! 

And a few other princesses!

The girls swam the rest of the afternoon. They loved running between the slides, the pools and the hot tub. 

We enjoyed a great last meal. Roland and Ora were our serving team. I had just had them a few weeks prior on my Canadian cruise and it was so nice to have them again! 

They treated the girls like royalty.

Since Maddie had missed some of the cruise being sick, I let her stay up late with me on our last night. We went to the character send-off in the atrium and she got to have some special time with her favorite princesses. 

It was tough with Maddie being sick a bit on this cruise, but overall, we had great time!

We woke up the next morning back in New York City!

FALL BREAK 2018!

Welcome to November! We wrapped up October with our annual Fall Break trip.

Earlier in the year, Chris told me he didn't really want to do Disney World this year. After I picked my jaw up off the floor, I asked if he'd do a Disney cruise. Ha! 

We flew out Thursday right when the girls got out of school. It was a late night, which meant our second flight looked like this - Sydney's head in my lap and her feet on the gentleman next to us. Who was so so kind and patient to her. (We flew standby on this leg so our group was split up all over the flight.)

We stayed in a hotel near the airport and then the next day headed to the port!

Waiting to board at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal!

We toured the Kids Club and my IRONMAN met the other IronMan.

The girls did a quick coloring sheet. 

We headed to the sail away deck party. The girls danced and sang and had a blast!

My parents upgraded their room at the pier and got the most ridiculous balcony that's every existed. 

That's me, up front. That's the rest of my family, about 50 feet behind me at the other end of the balcony. 

We sailed out of NYC which mean we had a gorgeous view of the skyline.

We met some more characters that night.

Sydney chose the top bunk and Maddie got the bottom, and surprisingly, they were both very happy with this arrangement. I fully expected to have to negotiate this!

We saw Tangled (my most favorite show on DCL!) and went to bed happy. 

Then the trouble started. The next morning we had our first day at sea. And Maddie was SO SEASICK. It was awful. She was literally in bed the entire day. I felt so bad for her. She occasionally gets car sick but was not sick at all on our cruise last summer. Didn't even mention feeling the ship's motion. But, this cruise was on a smaller ship out of the North Atlantic and it was ROUGH. I mean the ship was rocking and rolling. And poor little Maddie just couldn't deal with it. 

Chris and I rotated staying in the room with Mads and took Syd around to do the ship's activities. 

We were able to get Maddie dressed up for the Halloween Party. The girls played a few games and trick or treated. And then...she had a "protein spill" so it was back to bed for her. 

Our Cinderella themed costumes!

We saw a few more characters in their Halloween costumes and then went to bed, anxiously awaiting to be on land in beautiful Bermuda!

Huber's Field Trip

Sydney had her first school field trip to Huber's and I was so happy to get to go with her! 

Our school tends to have a lot of parent involvement so nearly every kid had a parent with them. My "group" was only Syd and her buddy, Lucy. Lucy's mom is a teacher at KSE and her dad works with Chris, so it's been great that these two have hit it off so well. They are thick as thieves and pretty rambunctious little gals. I was exhausted chasing them!

Sydney's main boy bud - Sawyer. Sawyer's big sis, Emerson, is Maddie's bestie, so it's been a lot of fun introducing the next set to each other. 

We picked our pumpkin and then had lunch together.

Then we got to play! We did the slides, the corn maze, and playground. 

Sydney had a blast on her first field trip and can't wait for the next!