As I sit here drinking coffee and writing, the slack line is ruining my view - not really the slack line itself, its too low, but the guide line. Million dollar view with a flourescent green nylon rope running across it - not cool. I got Trevor to take it down when he got up.
When Jay got up he took the girls down to Playa Potrero to do a quick swim and boogie board, he was gone for about an hour which gave us time to relax. The girls wanted to see if their sand castle from the previous day had survived the high tide and it had, so then they stomped on it! Weird kids.
When they got back Paige made a list of things to do and we had to pick one for the day.
We decided we would head out to Flamingo today to the beach, since it was on Paige's list, so packed up the car and headed out around 9:30. Its a little less than 10 minutes to Flamingo Beach, which is just as awesome as I remembered. It has white sand, shade trees right by the water, road access so the car is right there, and the best waves of any beach I've been on. Its the perfect combination where we are staying and where the beach is - we have the elevated view of the ocean and mountains but are less than 10 mins to an awesome beach.
Turtle sanctuary, water slide, shopping, atving, monkey park, atving (again) and baba (beach).
We decided we would head out to Flamingo today to the beach, since it was on Paige's list, so packed up the car and headed out around 9:30. Its a little less than 10 minutes to Flamingo Beach, which is just as awesome as I remembered. It has white sand, shade trees right by the water, road access so the car is right there, and the best waves of any beach I've been on. Its the perfect combination where we are staying and where the beach is - we have the elevated view of the ocean and mountains but are less than 10 mins to an awesome beach.
Jay and Trevor boogie boarded in the bigger waves, while the girls and Maria and I stayed in the second break. The foam boards are not meant for Daddies and Uncle Trevors though and now are broken - so they owe the girls a couple of boogie boards before Alice arrives on Friday!
Jay was trying to convince Paige that she should come out a little deeper where the waves were bigger, but all of the sudden a really big one hit and he had to jump and turn so that she wasn't in the white water and lost his sunglasses! Good thing I bought them cheap on the Mom Swap, but someone had told him they were a collectors edition Oakley worth a bunch of money - oh well. We had even both been talking about needing to buy a cheap pair of glasses for in the water, just in case.
The biggest and best difference we found with Flamingo this year vs two years ago is that there is no rip tide/undertow this time! We had brought the girls life jackets with us just in case we would feel safer with them on, but its been fine.
Jay and Trevor set the slack line up on the beach and were having much more success on the shorter line than they have been at the house.
We left the beach at lunchtime and went to Marie's restaurant for lunch. We went the last time that we were here, its in a plaza where there is a little souvenir shop and a pharmacy as well so we went and got some Roy Bun sunglasses for $12 a pair, lol, and I bought some more sunblock because I was being cheap at home and bought Life brand and it sucks. So instead I paid $40 USD for 2 bottles of sunblock here!
Yesterday, when Jay and Trev went to the grocery store to get rum we made a little list of things we needed for the next few days: Salsa, Nacho Chips, something sweet for after dinner (like cookies) - - well to use Trevor's wording when around the Girls "Yeah, we really deficated in the bed on that one". First mistake, send two people who know no spanish to buy groceries. Did you know that in Spanish "salsa" means "sauce"? So every sauce says Salsa...so they brought home two Salsa's just in case, but Jay chipped the bottom of one on the granite and I said we had to throw it out because there could be chips inside the bottle (it went right through), and the second Salsa was bbq sauce..which kind of grew on you, a little. Then the Nacho Chips they bought were lime flavoured and VERY limy and salty...they reminded me of the flavour of a Mr. Noodle. And finally, our something sweet after dinner was dark chocolate...seriously?? I think this is Jay's version of me cutting the lawn as a teenager - you eff it up enough and you won't be asked to do it again! They redeemed themselves this afternoon though when we stopped quickly at the local market to get soya sauce for Sophie for dinner becuase she doesn't like Paella, which is what I was making - they also picked up cookies, twix bars and ice cream sandwiches for the car ride - - complete and total redemption.
By 2pm we were home enjoying some sours in the pool.
I asked Paige to get my iPad for me from the kitchen and I would give her a little "tip", she said "how much?" (Smart girl)..I said 500 Colones..she hopped up and said "Okay!", then she stopped a few steps later and said "Why do I feel like I'm getting scammed here?" LOL, really smart girl! So I upped it from 500 Colones, which is a coin, to 1000 Colones, which is a bill and she hopped around like she had received a million dollar lottery win, when in reality 1000 Colones is about $2US.
Dusk is time to come inside because there are little biting noseeums, so I started dinner - Paella tonight a favourite of everyone but Sophie, who will have her favourite rice (fried rice - with the "Salsa China" that Jay and Trev bought thinking it was Soya Sauce..its teriyaki sauce, it will do - it helps that I can read the ingredients!). But, I made the mistake of all mistakes in making her rice, I put CARROTS in it and carrots, apparently, are tenamount to disaster. Our Elf hasn't moved for 2 days...because Sophie is surly and he's giving her a chance to change her attitude before going back to Santa..today will be the deciding factor I think...who knows with her, her attitude has lasted about 2 years now, we're hoping we're getting it now and it disappears and doesn't return when she's 14.
And then after dinner comes bedtime. I actually was the first one to bed today, I went to read my book. Jay came up about 40 mins later - he's got the starting of a cold, so took some Advil Cold and Sinus. Hopefully it passes soon!
Why aren't you posting before bed? LMAO. Was the duty free store for tequila still there in Tamarindo?
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