The sand in Cancun is really soft and clean. The girls had a lot of fun building sand castle's and burying Kyle in the sand. Especially Isabel, she would just lay on the sand, and she let us bury her too. She would spend hours just picking up sand nd throwing it into the ocean again. She would chase Grandpa Steve around trying to throw sand on him. I'm sure you can image how much sand she would bring back with her in her bathing suit and diaper. Isabel was also the one most into collecting shells. There are a ton on the beach so she had a lot to choose from. Gracie was into getting the sand dollar pieces, and Lauren was too busy playing in the ocean. Needless to say we came home with nice tans(for my white family), and no sun burns.