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Half Moon Cay

Paradise found.  Half Moon Cay is all that you’d imagine the Caribbean to be. A small virtually desolate crescent island paradise with the clearest turquoise waters & a white sand beach going on for miles. Holland America bought this island for Carnival Cruise to visit. It is amazing! This island was the most beautiful we … Read more

Grand Turk Cruise Center

The perfect day. Our ship arrived  before 7AM and we were on the beach swimming in the crystal clear waters of Grand Turk before 8 AM. We could snorkel in our swim goggles too. We saw tons of awesome fish – even Kenzie could “scuba dive” as she called it with her goggles. She wore … Read more

Formal Dinner on the Cruise

The best part about a family vacation is the memories and we’re making lots on this adventure. Tomorrow we hit Grand Turk for our 1st day in the Caribbean. I can’t wait to see what the kids think of the clear water. We were skeptical about formal night on the cruise seeing we’d be bringing … Read more

Huggies Wipes Giveaway

Win it! Thanks to Huggies Live Poo Free Campaign, one lucky Classy Mommy reader will win 5 tubs of Huggies Wipes. Yes, 5 tubs of  those ultra thick wipes I love so much! What’s the funniest or most obscure place you’ve ever had to change a diaper? I’ve never had a super unusual diaper change … Read more

Day 1 on our Carnival Cruise

All went smoothly yesterday as we embarked on our 7 Day Carnival Cruise from Baltimore to the Eastern Caribbean. A big advantage to leaving from a port close to home was not having to deal with air travel before the cruise. We literally just drove right up to the ship and began to go through … Read more

Leaving on a Carnival Cruise

Bon Voyage! After watching endless YouTube clips featuring both official and unofficial “passenger” footage of Carnival Cruises, to prep the kids for our vacation, departure day is finally here. We depart at 5 PM today from Baltimore for the Eastern Caribbean on the Carnival Pride. The kids are totally excited about being on the “floating” … Read more

How To Shop TJ Maxx & Marshalls

4 Tips on How to Shop TJ Maxx & Marshalls this season. The start of school is literally around the corner and families are scrambling to get back to school supplies & the updated wardrobe for the kids squared away as they squeeze in those last spectacular days of summer by the pool or a … Read more

Sweetest Note Ever

Isn’t this precious? My 4 yr old wrote me this sweet note wishing me “good luck” on my interview the other day. Talk about getting a warm fuzzy feeling! This piece of paper just about had me in tears as I was heading out the door to film a TV segment at our local TJ … Read more