Water Wonderland

I sometimes forget how lucky I am to be living somewhere surrounded by WATER. It means that there is a way to escape from the heat. Somehow, I always seem to convince myself it won't be "that bad" or last "that long," then I find myself disgruntled that it is practically Halloween and I still sweat just being outside. 

BUT, back to the grateful/lucky part - we have so many nice options, and we've been trying to take advantage of them. Our friends introduced us to spot where they like to kite. We enjoy lazy, relaxed evenings there, and Will has even ranked it #3 on his list of favorite places. It probably has something to do with the fact that (a) we eat sandwiches for dinner (b) we let them run around and do whatever they want and (c) our friends actually kite, so we all have something fun to watch.

This is what kiting looks like. I'm thinking it takes some serious coordination, which is why I am a spectator.

The water is really shallow for a long ways out.

A couple of shovels and pails, and we're good to go. Well, unless I pack one less shovel than there are kids. Someday, I'll learn to count.

Colby wants to learn how to kite :)

Did I mention the plethora of slimy little hermit crabs? Endless fun. Endless yuck too when you accidentally take some home in the sludge of your sand bucket.

Another water option we've been enjoying is the water park. The kids get braver each time (despite the lack of photographic evidence - all the pictures are from the kiddie area because I can't afford a repeat of that time I dropped Ken's last phone in the ocean…)

Owen has been happy the camel is back. He wouldn't budge until we took a picture and showed it to him.

Too much fun!

Any chance we find a person kind/brave enough to watch the crew, Ken and I go kayaking. This past time, the water was AMAZINGLY shallow. We could stand way out in (what felt like) the middle of the ocean!

Good times, beautiful mangroves. Until we tried to go down this little section and started getting bit by dozens of little flies… It suddenly became less magical and we hurried home :) Let's hear it for good stories and memories!