Not sure what day it is...

Fruit smoothies for breakfast

Can you name the friut?

Fruit cocktails at night- passion fruit

Lazy days at the beach

Watching the Euro Cup at the Guilded Iguana

Lunch time

Day who knows...

We have begun to truly adapt to the Pura Vida lifestyle. This week has flown by, days have begun to blend into one another. They are full of doing a whole lot of nothing, mixed in with a lot of adventure. We have arrived at home each evening tired, sun-kissed and ready for bed each night.

Highlights from this past week:

• Kids participated in a week long camp at Nosara Kids Camp
• Kids surfed everyday
• Some activities they did were yoga, beach clean up, arts and crafts, went to a climbing wall and learned about ocean preservation
• Met a cool family from Israel
• Jackson had his first international playdate with Liam and then we met up with the family at a locals only kind of restaurant. Naomi works for Google in Israel. It was super interesting hearing about life in Israel, how things are so similar, yet so different. She was born in the Netherlands, has lived in England, Australia, New Zealand and now Israel. They are looking into relocating to the USA or other part of the world, one reason is becuase they want their kids to be fluent in English. It was so fun to watch Gracie and Elli playing together using sign language, both girls are super verbal in their native languages so it was challenging, but they made it work. Liam speaks enough to get by and the boys had so much fun swimming, playing Taki (Israeli version of UNO) and games on the internet. They will be in town as long as we are, so I am sure we will be hanging out with them more this week. Liam and Jackson will be going to a new Spansh immersion camp two days this coming week, and the girls will do another week at Nosara Kids Camp. 
• Found the best local ice cream shop-Robins
• Coconut lime and mango are our favorites so far
• Sekreets Gelato is a close second
• Uncle Scott arrived and rented a fun ATV 
• So helmets and speed limits are not really used here in town. Could be because you can't really drive that fast on pothole dirt road that are usually big mud pits, but it still makes me uncomfortable. I plan on taking it out this week to explore some of the back roads in our neighborhood.
• We also will go on a ATV tour later this month to some local waterfalls- La Mala Noche
• Jackson learned to surf all on his own
• He is loving the independence of paddling out on his own and catching his own waves.
• We are battling surfers chafing- any suggestions??
• Went fishing
• Within the first 10 minutes the first fish bit our line. Jackson got to real him in, it was a huge Spanish Mackerel. In 1.5 hours we caught a TON of fish; Spanish Mackerel, Jack Fish, Black Tuna, Red Snapper, Pargo and others I cannot remember their names
• Made homemade ceviche from the Spanish Mackerel we caught
• Learned how to clean a fish- scales and all

• While we are so glad to have internet here we are learning it is not like at home
• Updating the blog is challenging, one minute you are connected, the next the power had flipped of for a minute
• We found out today it is DSL...didn't know that still exisited
• Uploading pictures is no fun...the wait is LONG
• Ate lunch at the local Mini Super Kami..kabobs straight of the grill
• Finally found the local grocery store
• We have been "shopping" for food at local convenient stores... not easy. Imagine having to go to 7/11 for every meal. I have had to get pretty creative and we have been eating lots of eggs, beans and rice. I'm excited to go get real food!
• Drank my first PIPA (cold coconut water straight from coconut)
• They sell them on the side of the road for a dollar. When it is super hot and muggy outside nothing quenches your thirst like a cold coconut cut open right in front of  you.
• Went to 3 Yoga classes
• All three were very different, the last one I was able to do a full backbend!
• This week I am going to try Rope Yoga and maybe even Aerial Yoga
• Eric got a TICA massage
• Went to La Luna restaurant (one of the only ones on the beach in all of Nosara region)
• The food was amazing
• The view was amazing
• The service was amazing
• The stray dogs on the beach...not so amazing. We went down to take a sunset picture and this stray beagle dog came right up to me (so far all the strays have been so nice and friendly) and started rubbing his nose in my long beach dress. At first I was fine with it, but then he started to get frisky and if you know me, I am scared of dogs, so this did not make me feel too great. I asked my bro in law to help get the dog away from me (he loves dogs). The dog got pissed and started to growl, nip and snap at my legs and feel. Internally I was FREAKING OUT! The dog had me pinned down by my dress so I could not move, all the people on the beach started to try to help me by making loud noises and pushing the dog away. I was finally able to get my dress free and all on the beach made a mad dash to the restaurant. The waiters must know this psycho dog, because they spent the rest of the night snapping him away with their dish towels. A few glasses of wine helped calm my nerves.
• Uncle Scott watched some monkeys get electrocuted
• So sad...I had just finished videoing this cute dad and baby monkey when not 10 minutes later they got zapped and ended up being the local vultures dinner. It is a major problem around here. There is a local foundation that helps with this..check out this site. http://sibusanctuary.org/
• Spent some time exploring town while kids at camp



ATV riding

• Found a short cut from one beach to another, it was super fun driving through an alley/river to get to the other side



The ocean brings in different shells everyday



• Went to Playa Pelada for a walk, watched the tide come in and rush up through a blowhole near the beach
• Learned how hard it is to drive at night on dirt roads with very questionable headlights
• Almost drove us off into a ditch
• Had our second ant invasion 
• Nothing stopping a swarm of thousands from passing through the house area. All we could do was stay out of the way
• We have seen so many cool new bugs this week
• One very persistent lizard who was determined to get inside, he won

These crazy monkey started camp

Fun at camp

Art Day

JJ and his friend Liam

Playa Pelada-south view

Playa Pelada - north view

Anniversary pic

I love a good boat picture

After camp

Hundred of baby snails

La Luna sunset dinner

View pre-dog attack

Uncle Scott's birthday drink at Olgas

Selfie time

Here come the bugs

He made his way into the house

Geckos are our friends, eating all the other bugs. They make a barking sound to let us know they are here.

Maduros

Best lunch at Shakes and Shades

Praying Mantis

Homemade ceviche

Passion fruit drink in a passion fruit cup