A BIG Celebration for Daddy's Birthday--A Sail Away Party

For Rich's birthday this year we flew to Tampa and then boarded a cruise to sail for seven days to the exotic Western Caribbean.  Sail away and embarkation just happened to fall on August 14th.  So there was a big bash on the Carnival Legend in honor of Rich's 21st Birthday.  He even had a sail away drink in a souvenier glass to prove it!  We arrived to Tampa late and it took the shuttle awhile to come and get us, but we made it to the Mainsail Suites before the stroke of midnight and the kids drew on their cards and at midnight we gave Daddy cards and gifts and then the next morning had birthday breakfasts with waffles and omlettes and took the shuttle once again to board the Carnival Legend.  There were other surprises for Rich as we entered our room--decorations, sugar free chocolate cake, a fruit basket and chocolate covered strawberries and other delicacies. He was really surprised.  At dinner, the waiters brought his favorite chocolate brownies and sang to him in many different accents all with a candle for many happy wishes.  I hope some of them came true on our amazing vacation of excursions and incredible destinations.  Pictures below of his birthday and our time on the ship.

 Savannah giving her cards to Daddy

 Seth giving his cards to Daddy

 Savannah and Daddy with her princess card

Seth's card

 

 Waiting to get on the ship

 In the embarkation lobby in Tampa

 View of the ship from the lobby

 Distinctive of a Carnival Ship

 Jumping on the bed

 Birthday Daddy walked into a decorated room

 And a fruit basket

 And sugar free chocolate cake

 Happy Birthday Daddy

 Chocolate Covered Strawberries

 More chocolate

 Some sweets for sweet Savannah

 Leaving Tampa and ready to celebrate Daddy's birthday with the sail away party

 Sweaty sleeping Seth

 Ready to swim

 Taking a dip with Daddy

 Sweet Bundle

 A refreshing sail away drink

 Awesome ship

 Birthday dinner

 Birthday kiss

 Mommy and Seth celebrating Daddy's Birthday

 Nothing fancy--just brownies.  Daddy's favorite all time dessert

 But they brought chocolate cake to sing with

 Many wishes come true my love

 Two happy loves

 Chillin' Out

 Fun ship Freddy

 Up on deck, hair blowing in the wind, dress blowing too, classic and gorgeous

 Day at Sea having fun in the kiddie pool

 Seth enjoying the kiddie pool too

 Ready for Camp Carnival with her Fun Ship Freddy Shirt

 They could swim here for hours--oh wait, they did

 Elegant night

 Not really looking

 Tender and sweet

 No strangling your brother

 Smiles for dinner

 Classy girl at the fancy restaurant

 Seth walking around the ship in his pj's

 Fast alseep together.  Love it

 Got her face painted at the kids program

 Pirate night

 Pirate Princess ARGGGH!!!

 Second Elegant night.  Everyone loved her dress

 Just got up and watching the ship come into port

Waiting for our tour

I am going to post pictures day by day of the cruise of there would be 500 at once.  These are Rich's birthday days at sea and nights on the ship.

Second Lost Tooth

 This is where Seth takes his naps now and Savannah is sure to cover him and give him stuffed animals and a snack when he wakes up (all is fake but his drink cup).

 Tooth Number 2 waiting for the tooth fairy's arrival

 Ready to see the Smurfs movie, her new favorite is Smurfette

 Two bottom teeth are permanent now

 So excited

 Placing it very carefully in the tooth fairy box

 New smile

 Look at me

 She checks for it over and over again

Ready to put it under my pillow

Savannah lost her second tooth on Sunday, July 30th.  She waited a long time (it was hanging by a thread) and then it popped out.  She was very excited and tucked it away for safe keeping.  The next day she awoke to a new green Pascal stuffed animal (since she lost hers) and $5 since she is five.  She is already asking if the the tooth fairy will give her $6 when she is six.  I have heard it does not go up with age.  Such a big girl.  Now the first two baby teeth she got are replaced with big girl teeth.

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

 New Mets homefield, Citifield

 Welcome to Mets vs. Phillies

 First Major League Baseball Game

 Beautiful but hot summer day

 Approaching CitiField

 Seth and Sheila ready to root on Daddy's Team

 Daddy ready to enjoy his Father's Day present--an outing with his family seeing his favorite baseball team.

 Go Phillies for Daddy

 The BIG screen

 Seth is already hot after 5 minutes

 Almost ready to start the game

 Seth pointing to the big apple

 We are on Daddy's Team

 First son and Daddy bonding baseball game

 First Family Major League Baseball Game

 Add Papa because he is  huge baseball fan, but he is rooting for the Mets

 All of us ready to enjoy the game

And the first pitch the Rollins and the rest is history.  Philles bring in a win for Daddy.

For Father's Day I surprised Rich with tickets to see the Mets play the Phillies.  I wanted Yankees vs. Phillies, but they were not playing in interleague play this season. I guess it was better that way because it was supposed to be a nice family day, not a competition.  So the only person rooting for the Mets was my Dad.  LOL.  This was the first major league baseball game for Rich and I in about 10 years and the very first for the kids.  Seth really enjoyed it and Savannah liked it by the end, but she enjoyed the ice cream much more.  It was very sunny in the beginning but we had great seats on the 3rd base line 10 rows back.  We could see great and when our seats moved into the shade in inning 6 and the action started in the 8th inning, we had a most delightful and pleasant time.  It was a great day and way to spend Father's Day (celebration).