back to the beach

February 21st, 2010 | By Kyoko

We were out having our Saturday Coffee yesterday morning…and it was such a *blah* of a morning! When I mentioned this to Todd, he totally agreed. We talked about how some days are just so *blah* and it’s pointless trying to work hard on those days since nothing good will come of it anyways.

So then we got to talking about cure of *blah* …and we both thought “beach!!”. It’s only 1.5 hours away and we really didn’t do it justice last time having spent only a few hours (when we had intended on taking a mini vacation at the beach). We went home and I got packing and Todd finished up a few things and off we went. We made it to the beach long before sunset!

Immi of course is really really happy. (She even says “Happy!” these days!)

You’ll be so bored of immi-and-the-sunset-at-the-beach photos, but hey, there are far worse things you can get bored of

After the sunset, we drove 10 minutes from Cannon beach to Seaside beach where we had booked for a night at a Bed&Breakfast while driving down here. We found a candy shop and immi is excited trying to pick out few special ones.

When we woke up this morning, we walked down to the Seaside beach, and then had morning coffee at a coffee shop named “The Coffee Shop”. Immi seems to think that the jelly donut is heaven.

We decided that we like Cannon beach (we think that the beach is much prettier, there’s less people, and has cuter town) a lot better so we drove back to Cannon beach and hanging out for a bit before heading home.

the coast

February 9th, 2010 | By Todd

Today is a very special day because it is Immi’s 3rd birthday! This weekend we decided to just go to the coast because Immi just loves the ocean so much. These are a few of the photographs I took, they turned out pretty…well – see for yourself:

Immi Reflections on Cannon Beach

Metaphysical Immi

Immi Exploring Cannon Beach

No name for any of these photographs yet, going to be few more posts soon because we go too many great pictures.

beach

February 7th, 2010 | By Kyoko

We are on our way to the beach because it’s almost immi’s birthday and she loves the beach. It’s afternoon, and the drive lulled immi to sleep.

It’s a really beautiful beach, and it’s a beautiful day! We don’t even need a jacket.

Immi is splashing about at the edge of the ocean. I had no idea that rain boots had such use!

Immi’s dad took off his shoes to cross the river to take photos, and immi is pleading him to let her take off hers. (The answer is “NO!”, it’s nice out, but the water is cold. Really cold.)

beach

Immi was splashing about so much and the bigger wave came in and the cold water got in her boots. So I offered immi her jacket thinking she might be cold, but then she got really mad! As it turns out, she was upset at the sight of jacket because she thought that it means we are leaving, and she didn’t want to leave the beach!

sunday

May 24th, 2009 | By Kyoko

We are spending a bit more time on the beach before heading home later today. It’s another perfectly beautiful day.

Immi seems determined to keep watering the entire beach until the ocean runs out of water…

Todd found many sand crabs. Immi is putting them back on the beach and watching them burrow back into sand.

We are on our way to dinner with immi’s grandparents for some seafood. During the very short drive, immi fell asleep.

We are getting ready to leave the beachhouse and packing and cleaning. Immi is helping out by emptying out contents of her purse in the bathroom.

afternoon at the beach

May 23rd, 2009 | By Kyoko

Immi’s grandparents drove down this afternoon and we are all enjoying the beach. It’s a perfect weather (sunny but not too hot and the ocean is warm) for spending the afternoon outside.

Immi isn’t scared of the waves at all today!

Immi and her dad are busy building sand castle.

Todd says about the castle “not the prettiest castle” (…those are NOT his exact words) but as you can see, it’s big for the amount of time they had working against the tide coming in, and it’s quite functional as a fort:)

Here’s immi and I. Immi really loves this yellow watering can. She kept demanding it be refilled with water.

beach

May 21st, 2009 | By Kyoko

It’s really nice out today (slightly cloudy, which is exactly how I like it on the beach!) and we are taking a walk on the beach. Immi is a bit unsure about the ocean and seems to feel more comfortable on her dad’s shoulder.

Enjoying the ocean breeze.

After a short while Immi seems to have gotten used to the ocean and now confidently walking along the beach on her own. She is grabbing and scattering sand into the wind.

A big wave came in and I lifted her up so that immi won’t get too wet!

…walking back home.

We drove down to Wilmington for tea in the afternoon. Immi is fascinated by the sand timer!

bye!

August 29th, 2008 | By Kyoko

Today was the last day at the beach — the week went by so fast! Immi’s grandparents, immi and I spent a lot of time by the ocean today. Immi is no longer scared of the waves. She had so much fun walking into the water and then running away from the incoming waves (I don’t have any photo/video of this because my hand was wet all the time!). We even had lunch on the beach (sandwich and chips!). Immi did get a little tan despite the waterproof sunblock.

Here’s immi taking a nap after her bath.

Immi’s grandparents’ friends (the ones who kindly took us boating earlier this week) came over for dinner and when they were getting ready to leave, Immi waved, said “bye!” and showed them where the door was. IMMI SAID “BYE!” — it took me a while to realize that it was a new word since she has been waving ‘bye-bye’ for a while now, but hasn’t actually said the word.

We are packing our bags tonight since we are leaving early tomorrow morning. Immi is packed and ready to go!

evening

August 27th, 2008 | By Kyoko

Immi’s grandparents are at the town meeting and Immi and I are talking a walk on the beach.

Immi is playing with sand.

Immi is running.

Immi is sitting and looking at seashells and seaweed that have washed up with the tide.

seashells

August 27th, 2008 | By Kyoko

Immi is playing with her beach toys in the sand. (She is refusing to wear a hat today for some reason…)

She is collecting seashells!

Immi is shuttling shells back and forth between a designated spot on the blanket and her ocean filled purple bucket.

walk

August 25th, 2008 | By Kyoko

It was rainy earlier today but it cleared up so we are taking an evening walk.

Immi is very happy to be on the beach!

Immi is sitting and playing with sand under her feet.

Then suddenly, she realized how tired she was from having no nap and got very grumpy. It started to sprinkle a little too, so we headed home.

beach

August 24th, 2008 | By Kyoko

It’s past noon and we are enjoying the beach!

There is lots of strong winds and big waves which made immi a little scared of the ocean. She preferred sitting in her purple beach chair buried in toys.

After quite a long while of relaxing in her chair, Immi decided to play with the beach toys and a bucket of ocean that I had brought for her to the edge of our blanket.

Sand in her toes!

Even though we are having such a nice time with immi’s grandparents and the beautiful beach, Immi misses her daddy a whole lot (and I do too!). We hope you were here!