Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

The main reason we are in Costa Rica is so Charlie could see a volcano and today is the day. Well, after we file a police report it will be the day.

Jacob spent the morning itemizing what was stolen at the police station while I tried not to lose my mind in the hotel with the girls. Charlie accompanied Jacob to the station to offer his assistance and fill the police in on all the clues he had found.

We had originally planned on heading to the main national park to hike over the hardened lava flows but since we were getting a late start and essentially hiking in the hottest part of the day we decided to head to the stroller friendly La Península instead.

I was disappointed to not get to see the lava flows – Jacob and I have seen them before in Iceland but Charlie had been pretty excited. He had to settle for the view of the volcano and lake instead though. We definitely made the right call on the stroller path. Neither Madeline or Nora had any interest in walking the 3.5km in midday heat. Charlie was a trooper and didn’t start complaining until the very end.

We rewarded everyone for their hard work with a visit to pops ice cream shop.

For dinner we headed to this little pizza place just down the street from our new hotel. It was an easy decision when we discovered they had a play area. We apparently were not the only family that had seen these pictures; this place was packed. The kids had a great time flying off the end of the slide while Jacob and I enjoyed a pitcher of sangria.