Umbrella Drinks

My husband, Little Man, and I went on a cruise to the Bahamas a few years ago. I know not everyone is a fan of cruises, but I enjoy them — tasty food, trivia, and all the fruity rum drinks I can stand brought directly to my lounge chair. (Plus the ocean and all that.) What’s not to love, aside from bar tab charges that cost more than the actual cruise fare?

As you’ve likely gathered from those first few lines, I imbibed a little on that cruise. Not excessively so (the only time a bar tab was truly more expensive than the cruise fare was on a cruise I went on in college, drank for the first time, and generously bought multiple rounds for others), but I did enjoy a few of those glorious fruity concoctions. Some of them even came in pricey little mugs shaped like coconuts and whale tails, something you’re far more likely to purchase after the first drink or two.

Today’s doodle comes from one of the many times I’ve been made aware of one of the universal parenting truths — the one where kids pick up on everything. Sometime after the cruise, Little Man was playing with his toy kitchen making dinner for us. He brought out a notepad to take our orders and later came back with our meals. I can’t remember exactly what he brought us to eat, but I do remember the drink.

Nothing gets past him. I got another umbrella drink recently when Little Man was playing with his sister’s toy kitchen and stuck her ice cream cart umbrella in a cup for me. That’s my boy, always thinking of his mama.

I started writing this post in July, so it has been sitting in my drafts folder for more than four months. Whoa. In that time, my husband and I have booked another cruise (just the two of us this time), bought passports for just in case, and will be heading down to Florida to get on the boat at three in the morning on Thursday. It’s supposed to be a combination of a birthday present (my birthday was last Friday — I’m 34…whoa again — and my husband’s is in January…he’ll be 40, so double whoa) and Christmas present to ourselves.

We are a combination of anxious and excited. I’m super anxious over leaving the kids for three days and being that far away, and my husband is pretty excited over leaving the kids for three days and being that far away. To ease my nerves a little, I’ve purchased the all-you-can-drink option. For the record, “All you can drink” really means “You get 15 drinks per day and then you’re cut off.” So, no, I won’t be making Carnival rethink their unlimited drinks package. 😉

My friend bought me this shirt for my birthday — because as we all know, best friends love nothing more than encouraging negative behaviors in each other — so I’ll be ready.

In reality, though, now that I’m over 30, this is the shirt I’ll probably need (something I forgot while purchasing that drink pass):

While I was on yet another blogging break, A Vodka Kind of Mom included me a featured blogger on her site! You can check out the interview here and find out the craziest thing I’ve ever done. (Spoiler alert: the answer is pretty vanilla.)

So, what’s new in y’all’s worlds? Between the 18 hours of driving and spending at least one day of the cruise chillaxing (I’m not too old to use that, right?) and reading by the pool, I’m determined to play blog catch up, but in the meantime, fill me in on what’s going on in your world. 

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Author: Erika

I’m a SAHM to two kids. When I’m not doing all the typical mom things (diapers, soccer, etc.), I like writing, reading, and playing games. Clearly I live the life of a rock star.

28 thoughts on “Umbrella Drinks”

    1. It’s a good time. We’ve only been to the Bahamas, but for us the cruises aren’t about the destination as just being able to relax on the ship. Even with the kiddo, it was so much more relaxing for us than going on a typical vacation.

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  6. They NEVER miss a thing, do they??…. Have fun!! I’m sure the kids will be in good hands, and anyway ignorance is bliss!! Enjoy yourself and live in the moment. And when you’re away, think about how jealous all your friends are of you. 😀

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  10. I thought you musta left the planet or something! Was wondering what you were up to. Things are chugging along over here. Got a reblog by Ann (Grubb-n-Critters). Got featured as a “post of the week” on Lucy’s #BlogCrush (Letter to my Daughter). And the elves haven’t forgotten to move a single time in 5 days!

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      2. Quick thinking 😁 LM told me that he knows better about the elf now, but asked if he could help set it up for BG. Unfortunately he doesn’t remember much better than us!

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  11. 🙂 and here I was thinking that you had gotten lost in the shuffle. Ok actually you did I hadn’t seen a post from you in awhile and literally had to go to your page.

    Ah a cruise sounds amazing. I keep trying to go on one. No takers though.

    Life has been the usual crazy.

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  14. My daughter, when she was about 5, had to go to the restroom in a restaurant. I couldn’t help but laugh when she put the coaster over her drink. Apparently, she’d seen her dad do this one too many times. She also would shake salt on the coaster to prevent the glass from sticking. Bar etiquette at such a young age. What people must’ve thought. Kids. lol

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