Playa Blanca

It's amazing how much the beach can change.  We had been to Playa Blanca at least 6 times, but this day it looked totally different!  The tide was super low and we had come prepared with our snorkel gear.  It was absolutely perfect for the kids with a natural coral wall to keep them contained in the shallow water.  What I love about snorkeling is that you don't even realize that there is a whole new world under the water.  People were out playing in the water, and I wasn't sure how good of snorkeling it would be.  We put our masks on and as soon as we put our faces into the ocean, we saw TONS of fish!  Puffer fish, fluorescent blue fish, eels, sea urchins, sea stars, coral, sea cucumbers.  It's all there, swimming around in 3 feet of water, and no one even knew.  I love it! 

Adam and I took turns taking care of Eliza while the other snorkeled.  We played in the shallow, warm pools and searched for little creatures like Coyote Peterson does (the kids' favorite animal guy lately) and found a whole family of huge, beautiful, bright red sea cucumbers! We all held them and felt them suction to our hands.  Our French friends were there and had never snorkeled or held sea life before, so they were super excited. We also found a bunch of spider sea stars and held them too.  The air and the water felt about the same temperature:  warm:).  We felt so happy and never wanted to leave this place!

 It amazes me that the kids never get sick of the beach.  They continually find new things to do and new ways to create in the sand.  I loved these sculptures using beautiful seashells!