Reply To: JoCo Cruise Crazy 3: Get excited and talk about things!
Don’t know if this is the thread for this, but I’ll throw it out there and you can tell me where to go (!) if not. Here’s the story:
My family (me + my
wife Carolyn & two kids, Dane [11] & Sadie [9]) have been on
both cruises so far and we’re really looking forward to number
3. The kids will miss a week of school, but we are fine with that and
will bring along whatever it takes to make sure they get their education
in. Recently, however, our excitement was marred when we discovered
that Sadie’s elementary school is having a science fair and it’s that
week. She was very excited, came up with a project idea (eyeglasses
& lenses!) and we began planning. The good news is projects are due
by Feb 8th so we can make that. Sadie’s disappointment is that judging
will be on the 11th followed by (and this is the real kicker) a pizza & cupcake
party for all who entered. Missing that particular reward was a bigger deal to her than just about anything. For Sadie it was “do science = get pizza & cupcakes.” The poor girl practically cried herself to sleep when she found out, lamenting the “stupid cruise” that ruined her science fair experience.
My
question: is there some sort of pizza & cupcake celebration that
can be worked into the cruise? Maybe a small gathering for the younger
set of Sea Monklings? Or maybe for anyone who’s ever entered a science
fair? Or just gathering someplace some time and eating pizza & cupcakes and telling Sadie it’s because of her science fair? Or maybe because SCIENCE? At this stage I have no idea what the source of the pizza or cupcakes would be, where or when the gathering would be, or anything. But the thought of a pizza & cupcake party, independent of my sad tale of woe, sounds awesome. Thoughts?