Three Spinning Teacups: Day 6--Lily's birthday, sea day

With such a late night, no surprise that we got up closer to 8 AM. Breakfast was at Cabanas again, although I think we may start mixing it up tomorrow. As today was Lily's birthday, most of the focus was on making her happy. After breakfast, we went back to the room and Lily and daddy changed for time in Nemo's Reef. Lily had a fantastic time splashing around in the water fountains. Because it was a mildly stormy morning (some rain and wind, but you really couldn't feel it), it was also a bit cold (read: in the low 70s) up top, so after a half hour she was shivering a bit and so we went downstairs. She did go down her first waterslide, though! Maybe next time it will be the big Mickey slides...and then the Aquaduck!

Three inches too short (and two years too young!)

Kid's slide or no, you pick up some speed!

After Lily and Erwin changed, we went to the AllEars trading card meet. Lily headed back to the room with Erwin for a pre-lunch nap, and I was able to complete the set of cards so far, plus talk with Beci about prebooking our next cruise rate. I then came back to the room, got our door ready for the decorating contest (complete with battery LEDs), and Erwin and I got lunch in shifts (as Lily was sleeping). We brought food to the room for her and she had just enough time to snarf down food before we took her to the nursery.

There was one kid checking in ahead of her, and when the gate was opened for him to go back but she wasn't allowed in, she was hysterical. After we explained that we had to check her in, she was okay. When the gate opened, she walked right in without a hug or kiss goodbye. We called after her "Bye Lily!" She turned around, yelled "Bye!" and that was that.

Erwin and I stopped by the room and grabbed stuff for the afternoon to work on the scavenger hunt. We explored a lot of the top of the ship, fighting 40 mph winds on deck 12 (although it was sunny by now). Needless to say we didn't stay up there long. We then started work on the Midship Detective Agency Muppet case. It is a whodunit where you roam the ship, interacting with the enchanted art. Very cool, and we didn't solve our case, so we will need to be back again for more. We then did a little shopping and went back for Lily. She had a great time at the nursery but was glad to see us.

We went back to the room, freshened up, and met for the group photo. Then a quick change and time for Animator's Palate. Tonight was the Crush show, and it was neat seeing all the screens alive with animated fish--especially for the fish-obsessed birthday girl! She also really enjoyed the menu: chicken noodle soup, Mickey pasta, and fries. Our food was probably my fave thus far as well.

Lily almost fell asleep during dinner, so we were a little unsure about doing the show tonight. While we were looking for cartoon shorts on the TV to decide if she looked like she would do okay with the show, we found a recording of it on in-room TV. This proved a much better option, so we watched it on TV, gave Lily a bath, and put her to bed. Erwin did one more trivia stop in the nightclub district and grabbed some coffee and I grabbed a drink before bed.

Tomorrow morning, we arrive in St. Maarten for shopping and Lily becomes an international traveler!