Dive Statia

So we FINALLY went to the bEaCh here. The beach everyone goes to all the time is called Dive Statia. Instead of white sand there is actually  b l a c k  sand at this beach! Its usually this awesome great beach to swim at but since the last hurricane that came through things changed. The hurricane took the beach away. There are now huge  r o c k s  that are there and not as much sand. It also brought some jelly fish. While we were swimming the first day Brant got stung by a jellyfish. He thought something may have been on his back but when I looked there was nothing. But it was red. He said it just sorta felt like a bee sting. Luckily the pain didn't last too long!   

We don't have a car yet so we hadn't been able to get to the beach. It is such a far walk and we actually weren't really sure how to get there. I am sure we could have figured it out but we didn't really want to walk all the way there and then even worse, all the way back. With our 2  c r a z y  kids it wouldn't have been too much! So we were so excited when our neighbors Joel and Kayleigh invited us to go with them!! These pictures are of 2 days at the beach. We were lucky and got to go 2 days in a row!

 

 

This is us in the back of Joel and Kayleigh's car. Thanks guys for taking us to the beach! :) Also, there are really no rules here about car seats or seat belts or anything sooooo, we don't use them! Its pretty safe though. But I will talk more about it later!

Trying out his AMAZING  p u d d l e  j u m p e r. So I had heard that they were a must and that they were fabulous but until this day I didn't realize how fabulous they really are. People, they are FABULOUS! Get one! So if your bringing a little kid that cant swim.... these are a huge MUST. I love ours!

Testing out the water... not too sure yet... He did have a good time though! It will take a little getting used to for him because of the salt water. For me too even. Its a little of an unpleasant surprise when the wave catches you off guard and you  s w a l l o w  a bunch of salt water. He definitely wasn't a big fan of that. But I am hoping he starts loving it like the other little girls here. They just hop right in and swim away!!

Our little beach. Its still really nice even though there are rocks and stuff. If no one told me different thats just how I would have thought it was supposed to be. It felt so good to get in for the first time and to actually for once not be sweating to death! I was in heaven and wondered what took us so long to get here!! This will for sure become a regular ritual for us! Prepare yourself for more beach posts people!

Daddy with Caleb!

Getting a little further. We did go all the way out and swim with the waves but we just didnt get any pictures. We must get an  u n d e r w a t e r  camera so we can take one in the water with us.We were given an awesome floaty thing to use for Caleb and he just loved it. It was so relaxing for him and he was all smiles. But then again, when is he not?

Chillin!

Oh course Liam was all over the puppy!! He just chased him all over the beach and had a blast doing in!

So sleepy! It was so nice to have people around that wanted to hold and love Caleb and it gave me a nice little break! Thank you!

Playing in the sand. He loves the sand but he isn't too sure about it being on his hands. He just kinda holds his hands out in front of him and gives you that look like uh... now what?

Everyone hanging out at the beach. Of course the guys are just hanging around talking and they girls are right in the sand playing with the kids!

Looks like he found the basket full of toys. After a while he just has so much fun getting in there and playing and dIgGiNg in the sand!



Remy trying on big sandals. It was pretty cute!

Raking away! 

Joel took Brant out snorkeling too! It was pretty fun he said. Now I am gonna have to get Brant some flippers that don't hurt his feet. He has such long and narrow feet its hard for anything to fit properly! Joel has really nice ones so I might try to find some similar. Its amazing how much faster you can go with longer flippers!

Tuckered out. So I figured out a way to keep him outta the sun until we buy an umbrella. Not too shabby!

So of course we  l o v e  the beach and we look forward to many more beach days ahead. Come visit and we will go every day!! :)