9/11/13
After a late night last night, I
even went back to sleep after Zach’s morning wake-up call. Finally Jacob got up at about 8:30am and we
quickly got ready and snuck out to breakfast before the others woke up.
Zoe woke me up soon after and that woke Ella and Max up
pretty quickly. Overall, it was a very
relaxing day. After our breakfasts,
Kyrie took the older kids to the pool and the babies and I went for a little
shopping walk in St. Thomas. It’s nice
that in St. Thomas you can get off the ship and see some shops without having
to get a taxi or anything. The shopping
is just tourist stuff – no chance of seeing the real St. Thomas there – but
it’s still fun to look through some of the shops. I can’t help but find it strange that St.
Thomas is part of the United States. It
seems absurd to see a US Post Office on this tropical island.
A view of St. Thomas from our verandah:
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| A couple ships docked behind ours |
When we returned to the ship we joined the others at the
pool. I took turns with Jacob and Max on
the Aquaduck. When I was on with Max the
person in front of us had gotten stuck in the tube. When I saw them, I was concerned that we were
going to end up stuck as well, but luckily we were going fast enough that when
we bumped the other person’s raft that got them going enough and didn’t stop
us. |
| Zoe had a nap and is ready for dinner |
Our dinner tonight was at Animator’s Palate again.
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| The kids in their Hawaiian outfits |
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| Kyrie's drawing |
This time we each were given a placemat to draw a character on and then after dessert our characters were brought to life on the screen. It was a lot of fun and people did a good job with their drawings.
Seeing your drawing come to life and dance with real Disney characters was amazing! A major highlight of the trip for sure! Your name even appears in the credits at the end of the show. Then the wait staff gave us the placemats back with an official seal that we are now Disney animators! So cool!
The boys watching a magic trick from our waiter JC:
After dinner, the kids traded pins with the officers and
then Kyrie and most of the kids headed to the main show which was Wishes and
Zach and I went to the movie theater to watch The Lone Ranger. Zach let me watch it this time – he just
slept in his sling. Walking around with
him in the sling gets us an awful lot of attention. The movie was excellent – much different than
I was expecting.
Here’s how it went down, we all had seats in the theater. Marc sat the kids down with a couple bags of popcorn and handed me a cocktail then asked if I would be okay with the kids while he went to a movie. Umm, sure.
Zoe enjoying her popcorn before the show. (Note to Disney - I want real popcorn on the ship! - Marc)
Made it through the show! And ready for bed!
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