Cruising: on the boat

The cruise was amazing. We're so glad we went. We met tons of amazing families and kids and just had a blast. It truly felt like a vacation, where the most stressful decisions we had to make were things like "should I get a waffle or an omelet for breakfast?" and "should we take Avery to the pool or to the toy room this afternoon?" The correct answer to these questions, by the way, is "both."
My favorite experiences include attending the annual teen panel, where teenage kids talked about their experiences having gay parents, having Gogo babysit while Carolyn and I got to go have dinner and see comedians do stand-up, walking off the ship in St. John, New Brunswick to a crowd of folks welcoming us to their town with roses and rainbow flags, relaxing in one of the jacuzzis with my eyes closed when suddenly two young boys literally jumped in my lap and asked me to play "I Spy" with them, meeting up with Sarah and Reem in P-town, seeing famous Broadway stars do a performance of "Chicago" (with a man playing the part of Roxie and a woman playing Billy Flynn), and eating approximately 7 meals a day (consisting primarily of ice cream).







Avery rockin' out to Danna Banana with all the other toddlers:


In the pool:









(Avery LOVED going in the jacuzzi):

Enjoying one of many many many many meals with an oceanside view:

gratuitous naked pictures taken in our tiny cabin:


In the toy room. We met lots of other parents here and wonderful kids, like Romy, another 1 year old (she is in the last picture where Avery is wearing a batman outfit because it was "I need a hero" day):



Two of the performances: Rosie on the first night, and "Chicago" on the last night: