Sea turtles

More Florida fun.

Suzy and 3 yr old, just floating along in the pool.

A few short weeks ago he never would have done this by himself.  

Now he is having a great time swimming in the pool showing off his new skills.

 

 Here's the 5yr old doing a back flip in the pool with help from her dad.  She can dive by herself to the bottom of the deep end. No more life jackets for her!

At the beach (just steps away from the pool) the kids enjoy digging in the sand and making castles, really big holes, and other fun creations.

 At a local aquarium, we tried out the shark teeth.  Too big!

 Saw some manatees.  These are real!

 Saw some alligators.  These are not real.

 Touched some live sea creatures, including star fish and hermit crabs.

 3 yr old with Yaya.

 Baby blue eyes with Pampa.

Other highlights:

 
#1  Saw baby sea turtles hatch out of their sandy nest and run for the safety of the waves.  We saw about 20 of them safely make it to the water, but the pelicans also saw them and we can only hope the little turtles made it to the gulf stream.  They hardly ever hatch out in daylight, so we were extremely lucky to see them on an after dinner walk on the beach.  Definitely a once in a lifetime event!!

#2 After we left our beachside condo, we spend a few days in Orlando where we visited DisneyWorld!!