Thomas Family Theatre: Vacation- Part 2

Amelia learned several new things on the cruise. She started wanting to walk by herself- not wanting to hold our hands. She would quickly tuck her hand behind her back as we walked down hallways to the elevator. That brings up another new love- Amelia LOVED pushing the elevator buttons. She would walk up the where the buttons were and jabber some baby talk until we picked her up to push the buttons. Once the elevator arrived she quickly learned to walk in and turn around- just like the adults- it was really cute.

In the evenings during dinner- whoever was walking with her would usually end up by the elevators (they were right outside the entrance to the dining room and Amelia knew exactly how to get there). Amelia would gladly push the buttons for whoever was coming or going. Hey, it helped pass the time and kept her entertained :)


Lunch on the Lido deck- not sure why Papa's eyes are closed

Overnight and the next morning our ship was high tailing it to Cozumel, Mexico. We had booked an exciting excursion to see some Mayan ruins- called Tulum. It was supposed to leave right at 1pm when the ship docked. We were down on the deck where we were supposed to get off but the ship was late getting there so everyone was lined up all around the hallways waiting to get off. By the time we got off and started walking down the dock we meet the man holding the sign for our excursion. He said we needed to run because the ferry was about to leave! Dan ran ahead- he had to run around the dock to land and then out to another dock where the ferry was- he got to them just as they were pulling in the ramp. He explained that we were coming and begged them to wait. Grammy, Papa, and I were huffing and puffing and going as fast as we could. Luckily they waited- just as we approached the ferry they were literally going to leave and Dan yelled "here they are". We made it- just barely!

Amelia enjoying the ferry

After the ferry- a 1 hour bus ride with a nice stop at a place to buy souvenirs and use the bathroom. Lucky for us Amelia took a nice nap on the bus. This nice lady and her grown daughter on the tour said that Amelia was the cutest baby on the cruise. We thought so. :)

Check out how blue the water is- amazing!

We finally made it to Tulum- it was sooo HOT!

These iguanas were everywhere!

The main temple- and biggest structure

refers to Temple in picture above

Still learning about Mayans- in the second hole from the right- they have recently discovered stairs- not sure if they initially went underground to up to a higher floor that is no longer there- still exploring

Hard to see but if you look through where the columns are- there are frescoes (paintings) on the walls

Proof- Grammy and Papa were at the Tulum ruins outside Cozumel, Mexico

Boy we all look rough- it was sooo HOT

Big girl wanted to walk by herself

This fun rope kept distracting Amelia

Beautiful beach right behind the big temple

Amelia drank about 3 sippy cups of water during that excursion

We rode a train from Tulum out to where we met our bus- on the roof of the train were pictures of sea life- Amelia kept pointing at the fish

After an hour bus ride- then it was a 30 minute ferry ride back to where our cruise ship was docked. Amelia got Papa's hat and played for almost the whole ferry ride. Who knew a sweaty straw hat could be so much fun?!