Nature Park, Maho, and the Pier.

If you know me then you know that I like to keep busy. Whether its heading out on an excursion, cleaning, organizing, homeschooling, planning, I like to always be doing something. Even if Im relaxing, in my mind I'm working;) So when Kayla moved to Statia and shared a similar interest in keeping busy we went to work. We always plan activities, crafts for the kids, outings to keep us busy, and you know the secret to time flying by is to keep busy and it really does work. On statia would we occupy our time by visiting the local pigs, collecting rocks to paint, and hiking up mountains with the kids. In St. Maarten we have so much more to do and therefore its not difficult to keep busy.

This past month we went to the Nature park, a local petting zooish type of place where tourists can go horseback riding along the beach. The nature park is located in Cole Bay not far from our place. After visiting the nature park the kids really enjoyed playing mother horse and ponies.

Then we went to Maho to see the planes. This is always a favourite, I never get tired of seeing these massive machines fly so close to us. Except my kids are still learning patience and waiting for the planes can sometimes prove to be difficult because its so hot out. Luckily for us there was a band performing that day right on the beach and then marched down the street. 

We have discovered a new place to go, the Marigot pier. It's perfect for bike riding, boat and fish watching. Don't forget to bring some crumbs and you will see a bunch of different types of tropical fish. One day there was some boys fishing there and dropped in some fresh meat and 5 huge barracudas came close to the edge for our viewing. We also saw flounder fish, small sword type fish, and striped fish. Sorry I don't know all the names.

Krysten and Lincoln play so well together, she is really going to miss him when we go.