Buckaroo, I wanted to say just that, but I was trying to be nice
Thanks for saying it for me
To WICruiser, I can (and do) play cards with my DD at home, even on a deck. When we take a family cruise, I'd like for her to do something a little different. She's been telling everyone about her cruise, but i haven't heard her tell anyone about the times that we played cards at home
But I guess since we spend alot of time with our child at home, we don't feel guilty about letting her do something without us on vacation. Also, why on earth would you ever vacation without your kids? If you can't part with them for a couple of hours on the cruise, how can you possibly live with yourself vacationing and partying until 2am while those poor children are at home playing cards with themselves? But like you said, I'm sure that i'm the only one who feels this way 



