\nassured us it was only an 8 minute walk, but that must be like Island time or something, as it was more like 20 minutes. R was hot, and complained about it! How quickly we forget that our summer was pretty much the same temp! (27 degrees). The boat was interesting, although the coral reef and fish on the bottom only entertained R for a little while. J was also not that interested, but that was likely due to the fact that he wanted cheerios and water.
\nUpon returning to the dock I popped into a few stores, found some postcards, and R a \u201cgirls rule\u201d shirt. Yup, that was the t-shirt she
\npicked out, of course it was purple-blue tie dye to boot. She then
\ndecided she\u2019d like her hair braided. We found a nice lady and proceeded
\nto the \u201cOfficial Hair Braiding Pavillion\u201d. R managed to sit still, and
\ngot her hair done. I wandered off on a mission for stamps. While she
\nsat still for the hair braiding she dictated postcards to daddy. For
\nthose of you who get them, this is why it is in daddy\u2019s handwriting. R
\nloves her braids. Actually I think she likes the fact that they make
\nnoise when she walks the most. She is constantly jumping up and down to
\nshow us how much they jangle!
\nBack on board, we cooled off in the Lido and had lunch. After R and
\ndaddy went swimming, I tried to nap J, but he had other ideas. We went
\nto try to learn how to play steel drums, but were late, and alas there
\nwere no drums for us. Perhaps they\u2019ll repeat that session. R went to
\nthe kids club for a while, she already has a good friend there. Daddy J
\nand I had some \u2018floor\u2019 time on the sports deck. We got the kids bathed
\nand ready for dinner (Formal night) and actually left the room about 30
\nminutes early for dinner! Since it was formal night there were
\nphotographers scattered around, and they took some picture of us. Dinner
\nwent very well, we\u2019ve had several people compliment us on how well our kids are behaved! (Proud parent moment!) After dinner daddy put J to bed and R and I went to the lounge for her to read to me, and me to read to her. Now they are both asleep, and I\u2019m
\nheading there soon too. We have a restful day at sea tomorrow!
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