Sorry, back to last night really quick! I think I forgot a very special Magical Moment for us. DD was bound and determined at the show the first night to get her tooth out. I could have something to do with the fact that I *may* have told her that Tinkerbell *may* also make a visit along with the Tooth Fairy when you lose a tooth on board the ship.
I'll never tell!
So she was at it the whole first 15 mintues of the show, and finally her persistance paid off, and there was a tooth! This kid is going to make me broke, I swear! She always seems to lose a tooth when we travel, which you know costs WAY more than if you just lose a tooth at home. She's making a killing!!
So, when we got back to our room, we found a small Ziploc (thanks WuvTigger) and put her tooth in it. Then the tooth fairy could find it much easier!
The tooth fairy left her a note about how excited she was to be able to come out off the "Mainland" to get Lin's tooth, and left her 5 Disney Dollars and 2 regular dollars. Good thing I hadn't spent all their Disney dollars in WDW!!
We "slept in" a bit on Sunday morning. As I said the Tooth Fairy made an appearance, and Lin was really excited. Even moreso because the Tooth Fairy's note also left a hint of a possible Tink visit. What the heck did I do to myself? Hopefully I could pull that one off sometime today!
We went to breakfast up at Topsiders, where Syd got her first taste of the Disney drug called "Mickey Waffles"
From then on, breakfast, lunch and dinner she asked for "Mickey Waffles". Unless, of course, she asked for 2 hotdogs at dinner WITH KETCHUP, but first she always asked for Mickey Waffles. I need a Mickey Waffle Iron for Christmas!
We knew we weren't getting into port until about 12 noon, and really the only thing we felt we *had to do* was go to the DVC Member event. Well, actually I felt that it was something I had to do. DH said he "wasn't interested". He went anyway, since when we returned to our stateroom after breakfast, Renee was cleaning our room.
This was how she had arranged Ariel, and all HER fairy friends in our room!
DH didn't have anywhere else in particular he wanted to hang out while waiting for the room, so he decided to join me and DD...
ahhh persuasion! We first dropped Sydney off at her Kids Club to Do-Si-Do with Snow White. She had no problem going, put her hands right out for the soap, and headed off to the bathroom to wash her hands. Makes a Momma pround and sad at the same time!
Lindsey, not so easy.
She didn't want to stay in the Lab to make Flubber. No way.
Crying, clinging to me. Seriously. She may be smiling in that picture, but if you look closely, there is tear in her eye! And she's the older one! She ended up coming with us to the Club event!
We got there right at 10am, since my eldest chose to be difficult and not stay at the Oceaneer Lab, WHERE CHILDREN WERE HAVING FUN. So, there was nary a seat, and we sat on the edge of the room, where we could see a Plasma screen, but not much else. Met a couple from......????? any guesses???? yeah.... BINGO..... New Joisy (and I say that as a Jersey girl!) Didn't win any prizes, but did get our DVC hats, which enabled us to get our DVC Pins which enabled us to trade for other pins we really wanted.
Its a calculated system!
After Snow White had ended, we ate a quick lunch and then headed off to Key West. We were greeted by this as we came into port:
Um, excuse me, is that a machine gun you're holding or are you just happy to see us?
We got in a smidgeon early and were cleared to go ashore by 11:45am. We chose not to do any tours, since we had done the Key West Tour/Shipwreck Historeum/Aquarium last time. Instead, I wanted to see the Hemmingway house, and DH wanted to find a Key West Sweatshirt. He got his sweatshirt, all I got was this:
Yeah, a waiting line for the house. And its 6 toed cats. Wasn't worth waiting for with 2 hot and cranky kids, and timed entrances, so we headed back towards the boat by way of Duvall Street. Always a sight or 12 to see!
Yes, friends, that ever so beautifully painted RED building with the "stained glass look" and RED paint was a lovely little eatery called "Better Than Sex"
I should have known!!
On our way Lindsey found (to quote the late great Crocodile Hunter) "this little beauty. Isn't she GORGEOUS???" Well, maybe not so little, but very cool!!
And there is nothing better than coming by the one, the only (OK, we found another in Cayman) but Margaritaville. Where not only the music is entertaining, but also watching the people who had only been off their ships for a mere hour or 2 but were already three sheets to the wind? Who says you have to wait til its 5 o'clock somewhere?
I did not get my camera out fast enough, but on our stroll down Duvall, a large group of Phillie Fanatics paraded down the street, apparantly still celebrating their glorious World Series win days before. Looking much like a bunch of people in a Mardi Gras parade, complete with beads, face painting, the works. Not sure if any came off our ship. Might not want to know!
Then 2 loads on Friday, then packed up the bags except for a few items DH had stored somewhere and not put in the laundry "bag". 
(God, I love these smilies!) 
But I am down to just the hanging-bag-of-post-cruise-dispair to get rid of now....
Sorry, that is as much as my Baltic Cruise, and I don't like Donald nearly that much! 
Some pics of Palo:
