February cruise to the Caribbean.

In the hotel room the night before. He was ready to go.

At the Florida Aquarium.












At the hotel waiting to get on the ship.

Pulling away from the port of Tampa.

The girls at Camp Carnival were great. I was hoping he would go for an hour or two once or twice. He ended up going almost every day from dinner to closing time.

Pirate Charles

On the way to dinner.

Face Painting at Camp Carnival

Wiped out.

Our ship was great, but he was envious of the Carnival ship next to us at Cozumel - they had a much better water park according to him.

Formal night

Drinks before dinner.

A handsome bunch












He didn't seem to care that the water was a bit cool.






























He can swim for the most part. I only had to jump in once to get him.

Count down, before falling backwards into the pool.

A round of golf on the high seas. At one point we had a 30 mph head wind, plus the captain cranked it hard to go around some shallow water off of the Caymans. It was hard to hit a moving target.

Getting off of the ship at Cozumel. It sprinkled early, but turned into a great day. We did the usual tourist stuff, then on to Paradise Beach.

Look close, he almost climbed to the top of the tree.

This was a lot of work. it doesn't look that steep, but try taking a 43 pound kid up a slippery rope ladder. I didn't want him falling off, since I would guess it was about 25 feet tall.

He certainly liked the water trampolines.

Ocean kayaking.

Kicking back.

This pirate really freaked him out. He stands there looking like a statue, then moves when you least expect it. We had CJ take a pic with the thumbs up sign, so that he would know everything was ok.

Stop #2 - Belize Cave Tubing and ATV riding. It rained on and off most of the day. The tubing wasn't cold in the caves, but toward the end it was fairly cold.

Stop # 3 - Isla Roattan Hondures.

We got off the ship and the weather was not looking to good. We hired a driver in advance, and it rained on us as we drove around the island. We pulled up to do the zip line and it was pouring rain. After about 10 minutes, it let up a little bit. We decided to go ahead and do it, since when is the next time we were going to have a chance to zip line in Hondures. CJ absolutely loved it. We went through 12 stations. Our guide started going upside down, so of course CJ tried as well. On the last one, he explained to me how to do it. Not good form I my part. CJ listened very closely, as you can see.

Stop #4 - Georgetown Cayman Islands

The tender from the ship to shore.

He is really into pirates right now.

Grandma didn't kiss a stingray (it's good luck), but she did get a lot closer than I thought she would.

We had lunch at Margaritaville after snorkleing with the stingrays. There was a slide into the pool that CJ really liked.