Vacation (Day 3): Nassau, Bahamas

By the time we woke up Friday morning, we were already at dock in Nassau, Bahamas.  We had already decided we weren't going to do any excursions at either port since Justin was so little and there was plenty to do on the boat anyway.  Jonathan and I had been to Nassau for our honeymoon and didn't remember it being anything that special to provoke us to get off.  But, plans always change.  Katelynn wanted to go to "land" so we loaded up after breakfast and headed off the boat.  We barely hit the city street and decided to turn right back around.  There were way too many locals approaching us in every direction wanting to sell us something or bring us somewhere, and we just weren't that comfortable with the surroundings with two little kids.  At least we got to get some pictures of the ship from shore though!

Look closely and you'll see the kids and Jonathan...

.. and then the kids and mommy.

When we got back onboard, we headed to the pool area.  Donald and Daisy were there to get pictures so we took a quick picture before getting on our swimsuits!

Justin wasn't allowed in the pools since he isn't potty trained, but he didn't mind just playing in the splash area.  In fact, after a while he decided the water wasn't even that exciting compared to climbing up and down the step to get into the splash area.

Someone had an "accident" in the kid's pool and it got closed down (this was a daily occurance actually) so Katelynn joined us in the splash area.

She met a friend named Isabella (who was 3) and the two of them really hit it off.  Isabella even had a baby brother who was 17 months and was born in Charlotte!  Talk about a small world!  They live in Miami now, but it was fun to meet someone who lived right where we did!!

I can't get over Katelynn's face in this picture.  She was deep in conversation with her new best friend!

The girls wanted to do everything together!!  They were watching a show on the big screen TV by the pool together. 

And then they went and met Mickey and Pluto.  Katelynn had to go potty right before it was their turn so Isabella waited and let other kids go in front of her so that she could go up with Katelynn.

Here's my cool dude sporting Mommy's sunglasses.  We had two pairs for Justin and managed to leave both of them in the car before getting on the ship!

It was hard to get Justin to wind down and nap during the day.  I had to walk him around the hallways where the rooms were to get him to crash!

Friday night was "Pirates Night" on the ship.  Everyone was supposed to dress as pirates for dinner.  I had no idea before we got aboard so I bought the kids Mickey pirate hats.  Of course neither of them wore them for more than 30 seconds though.

There was a "Pirates of the Carribean" deck party that night.  It didn't start until 9:30 p.m. so I put Justin to bed in our room and Jonathan stayed with him while Katelynn and I hit the dance floor.  Have I mentioned my little girl is quite the dancer?  She didn't stop until the music quit around 11 p.m.

This was one of the pirate girls that came off stage and picked Katelynn to dance with.

Disney really knows how to put on some shows!  Not only were there awesome musicals each night before dinner, but they had this deck party that included fireworks off the boat!  Mickey flew threw the air on a zip line to get them started.  It was an awesome show!