Snorkeling

Today we took the kids out for a snorkeling and dolphin cruise. We had a great time, but most of us managed to get zapped by jellyfish at least once. The water was absolutely frigid...super clean...but super cold. Who knew that the water would be ice cold?? I mean, literally, ice cold. Steal your breath cold. The highlight of the day was when we went out into the ocean for a bit to spy some dolphins. We were treated with a really nice visit of a pod or two, one of which had a tiny baby dolphin amongst the group. Totally cute and sooo neato. The sweet guys just cruised up beside beside our boat and coasted along with us. We had such an up and close view of them. It was almost like we could reach out and touch them. The kids were so excited! Well, it was fun, and we got TONS of sun, and tomorrow we're going to rent a barge to go for the day out into the bay. We're packing lunch, yet again, and we'll go out into the areas where we can toss out the anchor and let the kids search for crabs and fish. Once we get back, we'll spend the rest of the evening tomorrow at our beach. PDaddy bought Jack a skimmer board, and he has been working to learn how to do the tricks that the older boys are doing down at the beach. He has been a bit discouraged that he can't just crank out some major tricks, but he'll get the hang of it. TTFN.