They arrived on Monday and I picked them up around 7:30 from the airport and came to the beach house in Playa Hermosa. The house they found to rent is absolutely perfect for all of the kids, nice open floor plan, beautiful pool, in a safe gated community, etc. etc.
Tuesday morning we spent the morning hanging out at the house and swimming in the pool. We cooked the breakfast outside on the grill since the power went out about 10 minutes after I put it into the oven!! After breakfast we headed to the beach with our 4 kids, 8 towels, wagon of toys, shovels, buckets, trucks, beers, snacks and the regular must not leave for the beach without sort of goods. The beach in Hermosa is super kid friendly, gentle waves and you can walk out forever before you aren't able to touch anymore. We heart Hermosa.
Wednesday was another relaxing day. Aaron headed back to Bagaces to get the braces off (whoot whoot!!) and we tried taking some family photos of our Hegwers! Then spent more quality time with the swimming pool.
Thursday was the long awaited boat trip. This particular trip I had been on a couple times before and never tire of it. We went out on a bit smaller boat than planned but we made it work. The boat guys were a bit perplexed when they discovered our intentions of bringing two strollers on the boat but they rolled with it and it worked out well...nothing like the gentle rocking of the ocean to put some babies to bed!! We went to two different snorkeling spots and saw a lot of fish, rays and standard snorkeling stuff, played on the beach a bit, saw some caves, and had an awesome day cruising around the pacific.
Friday we spent the morning walking and shopping around Playa Coco. Coco is a great place for eating, hanging out and the like, not so much for the beach, stick to Hermosa for that. Anyway, Anna scored some deals and got lots of goods. After which, Aaron braved the unthinkable, he watched all FOUR kids while Anna, Cory and I went zip-lining. Okay they were napping but I am certain he could have handled it. The ziplining was a ton of fun, Anna and I did one each superman style!! Afterward they had a cage of monkeys we were able to play with. Before going I had read that you are able to see monkeys there but that statement did not do this experience justice at all. We went inside the cage with 2 guides, and played with 5 white faced and 2 spider monkeys. It was incredible. They gave us handfuls of seeds and the monkeys just jumped right on our arms, legs, heads, whatever and played for nearly an hour. One spider monkey would lift his arms like a baby and you could lift him up and he would lay his head down and cuddle, it was so amazing. Best $5 I have EVER spent. Here is a link to the photos I posted to facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=1243948803&k=R6AT5WWYTX6M5BD1QB65VTSSQWK
Friday evening we got a babysitter and went to a restaurant called Gingers. Its Asian mostly but the whole menu is tapas (appetizers) and they recommend 3 things each, it was a great way to taste a little of everything and complemented my cosmo's quite nicely!!! Incidentally I haven't had alcohol other then beer or wine for nearly two years until this week and it sure made me giggly!!
Saturday was the much anticipated surf lesson day. We took a babysitter with us and cruised over to Tamarindo, which is a great beach for surfing, partying and the like, not so kid friendly but it was fine for our purposes. Anna, Cory and I took a 2 hour lesson and each got up on a few waves. It was exhausting but a ton of fun. I highly recommend board shorts to any females wanting to surf, at least for the first time, I am pretty sure the photographers on the beach got some unwelcome shots of my white ass.
And now its Sunday...RILEYS BIRTHDAY!!!! Its another chill day at Casa Manana. Anna and I took a trip to Coco to finish her shopping and we had lunch and I made a cake. I am so thrilled to have friends here so we can have a little celebration for Riley. We will chill the rest of the day today and pack up the house and head to Bagaces tomorrow. I am sad to leave this beautiful place but excited to show them our neck of the woods.
So far the trip has been fantastic!! The boys play so well together and we are all having a blast. Well I am off to frost the cake!! Enjoy the pics:)
Looks like so much fun!!
ReplyDeleteHappy belated birthday Riley! Glad you had some good company and fun times!
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