Magen's Bay

December 26, 2013: St. Thomas
Andy and I had to work Kids in the Kitchen for our tweens this morning at 9. Only a few kids came to that, which was kind of nice because everyone got two Rice Krispy treats and a cup of whichever of the two smoothies we made. It wasn’t a bad way to start off the morning! I could’ve gotten off after that, but the rest of Club HAL had raft drills this morning (some of them two because they had the new-crew one in addition to a scheduled one for their number), so I had to go upstairs and cover for Christine in Club HAL during her drill. By the time all the drills were done, it was 11:30. A few of the boys came up to see what was going on and Andy, Ethan, Royce and I ended up deciding to eat a light lunch on the ship before heading to Magen’s Bay for some beach time.

It was a bit of a ride to get there, but once we were there, it was really nice weather, a beautiful beach, and lots of fun! They played soccer for a bit, we all swam, I got to lay out in the sun for a while, then we took a lot of time and walked from one end of the beach to the other, even exploring in the shallow rocky areas on either end. We actually saw quite a few fish which was cool, sea urchins, minnows and some small striped yellow and black fish. We only had about 30 minutes once we got back to our spot to enjoy the sun and for the boys to kick around the soccer ball before I made us leave to make it back on time. It was a good afternoon though, I thoroughly enjoyed it!

Once back, I showered and lounged around reading until nearly dinnertime when I realized I had to go upstairs and eat soon! My tweens had RockStar night in the Loft. We hadn’t been in the Loft yet, so I gave them about half an hour to play foosball and air hockey before we moved onto playing ‘Just Dance’ on the Wii and Celebrity Heads. Celebrity Heads was quite popular, surprising for me since so many of them were trying to cheat and giving away the answers to the other kids.