Autumn Trip to the Beach (Ocean Shores, WA)

Todd & Elisa – October 22, 2017

AUTUMN TRIP TO THE BEACH (OCEAN SHORES, WA)
OCT 20, 2017 – OCT 23, 2017

Todd’s first trip to Ocean Shores (8/10-8/15) must have been memorable, because he kept telling us he wanted to go back after we got home. At first, I figured it wouldn’t be until next Spring or Summer, but then I thought, “Let’s make it happen sooner!” I scheduled a personal day and off we went…

FRI OCT 20

We hit the road right after I got off work. Before the trip, I looked up vegan pizza options in Olympia, WA, and I found Vic’s Pizzeria (Westside location). Right on the menu they have Vics Vegan Calzone (“Vics Red Sauce with choice of Yellow or White Vegan Sauce, Spinach, and your choice of four toppings”). We didn’t order the calzone on this trip but I do want to try it next time. We did have some of their homemade vegan cheezy sauce on our pizza. The whole thing was delicious!

Vic’s Pizzeria (Westside location) – Olympia, WA

Vegan pizza at Vic’s Pizzeria

Todd at Vic’s Pizzeria – October 20, 2017

SAT OCT 21 – MORNING

This was a very wet and rainy day at the Damon Point beach…which suited Todd just fine since he loves to get his feet into water of any kind. He found puddles in the sand…cool! He thought it was hilarious when my sneakers sunk down like quicksand near that rock…

Elisa & Todd at Damon Point – October 21, 2017

Muddy Buddy suit comes in handy! – October 21, 2017

Todd – October 21, 2017

October 21, 2017

Splash! – October 21, 2017

SAT OCT 21 – EVENING

In the evening, we visited Darren (Eric’s brother) and Sandie. Todd started off by doing some drumming with Sandie’s drum set.

Initially, Todd was a little nervous about the dog, Stella, but pretty soon they were great friends. Sandie instructed Todd to give Stella a toy so that she would drop the ball. Then Todd brought her every dog toy she has. Todd had so much fun trying to get the ball from Stella and then watching her go after it.

Friends! – October 21, 2017

SUN OCT 22 – MORNING

We went back to the beach at Damon Point on Sunday. This time it wasn’t raining. Jeff (Eric’s brother) joined us, and then Darren and Stella showed up later. After playing with a stick that he called his Darth Maul lightsaber, Todd was set on splashing in the waves like we did in August. Devoted mama as I am…I chose to sacrifice warm, dry feet in order to make some more memories. According to him, none of the waves were “big enough,” and he could’ve splashed in those waves all day (Brrrrr!!!). Eric took some nice silhouette pictures.

Todd, Jeff & Elisa – Damon Point – October 22, 2017

Jeff & Todd – October 22, 2017

Playing our game of “run from the waves”….

Running from the waves – October 22, 2017

Family pics…

Stella & Darren silhouette – October 22, 2017

Elisa, Darren, Todd, Jeff & Stella – Damon Point – October 22, 2017

Three brothers – October 22, 2017

SUN OCT 22 – AFTERNOON

During Todd’s nap, Eric and I took turns going for a walk on the beach. Eric went with his dad. They snapped some pictures together and then Eric filmed the wind pushing against some beach foam. When they got back, I went for a brisk 30″ beach stroll to get some much-needed exercise! Finally, Eric’s mom made a pizza that was out of sight!