Boracay Day 2

The kids were so excited to get to the beach every morning that they woke up at 6:30 and got their swim suits on before they would come to wake me up. I always got up and would walk down to the beach with them. They had so much fun playing on the beach. This morning as we were playing on the beach someone had caught a squid and the kids thought that was so cool. Dad booked us a tour guide to take us on a boat and go snorkeling. We loved being on a boat with the wind in our hair. The girls were excited to try snorkeling but also a little scared. We stopped and Eric and I stayed on the boat and the girls and dad got in the water to snorkel. They were amazed at how they could see the fish in person just like they see them at the aquarium. We took these pictures with Eric's camera he got for Christmas. We had forgotten to get an underwater camera and this was the best we had. I was amazed at how good their turned out. They started out ok but Heidi got scared and freaked out and then she said her legs hurt really bad. Mom was not being very sympathetic and kept telling her to stay in the water and look at the fish. Finally our guide, Louie, looked at her legs and said she had been stung by jellyfish. I felt terrible that I wasn't nice. He quickly cut some limes and rubbed them on her legs and then called over the "ice cream" boat and bought a ton of ice cream pop sickles to rub all over her legs. She eventually said it didn't hurt. I don't know whether it was because the sting had gone away or her legs were frozen. We were all ready for a break so Louie took us to another island to make us lunch. The beach was made of crushed coral. We got to pick out one of these covered picnic areas to eat our lunch. The kids went off to explore and found this fun swing they all could sit on. I went looking for seashells and David went off to take pictures. Our lunch was DELICIOUS!!!! The kids asked if we could have Louie cook for us everyday. We did ask him on another day and it was just as good. After lunch Meagan, Emma and David decided to brave the water again and go snorkeling. They were out for a few minutes before Emma said she was done. We got back on the boat and Louie took us to another place. This time Emma and Heidi both said they were done. Mom decided she should go out. Mom, dad and Meagan were in the water for a little while before Meagan and David got stung by jellyfish and then we all decided we were done. No more snorkeling for us. After we got back to the beach, though, the kids were right back into the water. Smiles were back on all their faces!!They just love playing at the beach.