Pirate Ship!

What a week!  I think the end of the school year can be so challenging with everything coming to a close.  We also ended the week with a sick Isabella...Isabella is NOT our easy-going sick child.  Ava and Isaac still sleep and eat fairly well when they are sick and then there is Isabella...she sleeps HORRIBLE!  On Friday night we were up every 2 hours with her and then she was up at 5 for the day--oh, my!  She was better last night but was still up at 6...here's hoping to a little more rest! :)

Anyway, the HIGHLIGHT of Portugal was going on a ship...Isaac is into ALL things pirates so it was a Pirate Ship in his mind and he was LOVING it!!!

We surprised him with the "we are going on a ship news" that morning and he was thrilled!   The building behind them is where we went to get the tickets.

There was a few hours between when we bought the tickets and sailing time so we went back to the hotel to give the girls naps and Isaac spent his time drawing treasure maps!

He was ready to go on a treasure hunt!

Here is the boat we went on...Isaac was SO excited to get on!!!

Here is all the people loaded on and we were taking off from the harbor.

He could barely contain his excitement!

Daddy was loving it too!

This is so Isabella. Sunglasses and pockets..she loves them both!

There is a lot of work on these ships!  We were impressed with the skill these guys had.

Ava was pretty attached to me on this boat ride...she was enjoying it as long as Marc or I were nearby.

About half-way though we let the kids get chips from the snack counter down below the deck...they thought it was the best thing ever...they still talk about the yummy chips. :)  Isaac is showing off the prize that was in his bag of chips.

Isaac and Isabella having a little conversation.

Talk about an exciting moment...they let Isaac drive the ship!!
Isaac stated shortly after that riding on the ship was "HIS MOST FAVORITE THING EVER!"

When we were leaving the ship Isaac was thrilled to see a parrot (although fake)!  It was the perfect ending to his pirate adventure.

Off to more adventures...