Castaway Cay/Pirate Night

Tuesday was my favorite day of the cruise: Castaway Cay. I love, love, love Castaway Cay, Disney's private island. It's also Pirate Night which is always fun. We got a late start out to the beach due to some very sleepy kids. Can't blame though - we've been keeping them going on this vacation! We finally made it out the island late morning and met up with Erin & Tom. We got our spot on the beach and the kids immediately ran into the water. And, luckily, Emma and Lily's new friends found us on the beach! The girls all had a great time playing and swimming together. We ate lunch together and after lunch Gagi found us. We didn't do much on the island since everyone was having such a great time just playing in the water and on the beach. Such a great day and the weather could not have been nicer!

We got back to the ship, played bingo and then got ready for Pirate Night. Such a fun night with lots of folks getting into the spirit and dressing up like a pirate. Paul and Jacob had pirate t-shirts, the girls weren't too interested and I dressed up a little. Jacob apparently had a really big day and literally feel asleep at the dinner table. None of our kids have done that before but literally we looked up and he was asleep. He spent most of dinner in Paul's lap getting a good snooze. That actually worked well though since it was going to be another late night.

After dinner we headed up for Mickey's Pirate Party. The kids all went to the kids club and Erin and I got some bff time until I got paged to go get them. Jacob and Emma decided to stay in the club longer but Julia & Lily wanted to hang with us (who wouldn't). So we took the girls shopping. I'm not sure what it is about those shops onboard - I could continue to shop in them all day long! After a bit of shopping it was time to go up on deck for the Fireworks! Always a fun show - Disney does fireworks right! The kids were excited and loved it more that they got to see their new friends up on deck. The show was fun and the music was great. The kids totally wore out though - you know they are tired when they ask to go to bed!