Beat The Sun To Beach

Wednesdays are our weekend. This one was a beach weekend. And an early one at that. Our bare toes hit the beach at 5:41am. How do I know it was 5:41am?

Because we had two minutes before sunrise. And it was a doozie.

Yuula was unsure of the sand in her toes at first, but she came around.

Then she found a "monster" (her new favorite word).

We stuck our toes in the chilly waves.

Laura held the sun in her hand.

I ate it.

Even bunny got in on the action.

Then a few sweet shots...

And of course I had to throw her skyward.

Yuula liked the beach...

but was ready to move on.

Foggy Seaside Baby

Perfect weather for a walk along the boardwalk today. In a matter of weeks this place is gonna be filled with the highest quality of guido, so to be here on a cloudy, blustery day is the best opportunity to only be mildly offended, skeeved and downright assaulted by the coming flood of obscenity.





So we had a nice walk on the boardwalk. Most of the piers were shut down still and under construction, prepping for the summer. A few shops were open, selling monstrous slices of pizza, profane t-shirts and boogie boards. We wanted to get Yuula a shirt emblazoned with "NJ: Where the weak are killed and eaten" but we couldn't fit it on a onesie. Next time.




The fog made for some creepy looking ferris wheels and roller coasters that you couldn't pay me to get on.





And next to no ocean visibility. Didn't stop us from dragging the girl across the sand to meet her first tidal wave.

Photos with mom:






Photos with dad:







We chased some seagulls...



Balancing the camera on a fragile combination of baseball hat and sunglasses we managed to get a family photo. The ocean is implied.



We made it down to the giant boy statue and showed Yuula where she can get the waffles and ice cream, a place we will frequent quite often upon our return to the boardwalk. Tradition.





She had seen enough so Yuula slept on the walk back.