Hula Hoops and Dance Parties

Hey guys! Today at Carson, we had a group from the East Boston YMCA hang out with us. We were super excited to have such a big group for us to learn and interact with. On a hot day like this, they decided to park themselves under some trees further down the beach. Well, easy solution! We brought down our toys and tricks to them! While most of the boys took to sports and sand castle building and destroying, we hung out with some of the girls who were interested in our hula hoops. Some of the girls were absolutely amazing with the hoops!


I candidly admitted that although I'm not your average hula-hooper, I was definitely a rock star with the ankle-hooping. I decided to first show off, and then show while teaching them how to hula around their ankles and jump over it. They loved learning this new way, and by the end of the session, one of the girls could bring it from her neck to her hips and to her ankles. Seeing her proud smile while I high-rived her success was an amazing feeling.





We also decided to put on some dance classics. Sedny and Nieomi were on song duty: Macarena, Cotton-Eyed Joe, Cupid Shuffle and Cha Cha Slide were a few of the dances we participated in with our new friends. While one of the boys stared at us like we were crazy, as did the drivers behind the cars passing us by, having laughs and fun with some of the children was priceless and completely worth it. It's been getting quiet on the beach as the summer nears to an end, so it was refreshing to be working with such a large group for the day. I had a ton of fun with them, and they even invited us to their talent show tomorrow (where many of them will be showing off their new and improved hula hoop skills, they say). It was a great day at the beach, and it feels good to say it!


Hope your Thursday was just as good, Bridget

Eastie Campfire!!!

Spider Crab!

What a wonderful second week I had at Piers Park Sailing Center! It started out with a surprise that our crab trap went missing but towards the end of the week the staff at Piers Park gladly got us not just one but one big crab trap known as "The Crab Hotel" and 4 smaller traps. The Kids and I couldn't been any more thrilled to try them out. Our smaller traps wasn't even down for ten minutes and each small trap had 4-5 crabs. There were Green Crabs, Spider Crabs and Rock Crabs! Seeing what our small traps can get, I'm beyond excited to see what our Crab Hotel will get!

Eastie Campfire Crew! 

On top of another amazing week at Piers Park, we also had a very successful time at our Eastie Campfire at Constitution Beach! There was so much going on that night, from a dance party to marshmallows to finding clams in the sand!

The DJ they have was awesome, playing all types of music from Taylor Swift to Bachata music. So, if you are like me and never knew bachata, you quickly got a dance lesson! Seeing the smiles from everyone that came was an awesome feeling. If dancing wasn't your style, there was plenty of marshmallows to go around, which is a big thanks to the YMCA for setting that up. Sticky fingers and faces were everywhere you turned.

Clams and more clams!

Time for some tunes!

Our Beach Walk was exciting for everyone, and most were shocked they were able to look for clams there. Having the kids jump on the sand, looking for those bubbles that indicates there's a calm right below their toes, was filled with laughs and smiles. Voices got louder and sand started going everywhere once they started digging out their clams. The kids quickly noticed that they were finding not just one type of clam and pointing out that was one had a softer shell and the other one had a harder shell. With their great observations, it was easy to show them that we were finding soft shell clams and the other one being hard shell clams, known as Quahogs. One of our kids even found an Oyster!

YMCA handing out marshmallows!

Roasting Marshmallows!

Overall, this week has been spectacular! At the Eastie Campfire, one of my Harbor Explorers from Piers Park and his family was enjoying everything from the marshmallows to the digging in the sand. I was able to really talk to his parents about the programs and events Save The Harbor/Save The Bay does for the community. They were thrilled about everything and said "That their son learns just as much and maybe even more there, than he does sitting in a classroom!" and that "Each morning, he is even more excited to come to Piers Park!". Those words made my week!

We were here!! 

Till our next adventure,
Nikita Cayabyab