Thanksgiving in Mendocino

So before Christmas comes and goes, I am making a feeble attempt at getting some Thanksgiving pictures up on the blog. We were lucky to get away for a few days to Mendocino, a lovely little New England-ish village three hours north of SF. We took walks, went to the ocean, went in the ocean (well, one of us did), ate some wonderful meals, talked at the local bookshop (again, one of us) did some shopping and generally just wandered around the town.

Mendocino coast




Glass Beach in Fort Bragg


Waiting for the waves to roll in


Sand in hands



Glass Beach walk with the kid reluctantly strapped back on (or else she'd run into the ocean)




Mama and Molly




Big waves


Mendocino hotel lobby (lots of good pre-Molly memories here for us)


Daddy and Molly on the Mendocino hotel balcony (Daddy's trying to get a nice picture while Molly tried to pick the flowers)


Playing in a tent in the best toy store ever


Strolling in the toy store



In the B&B lobby, me looking slightly annoyed though I don't remember why...focus on Molly, she looks adorable



Ready to go outside for an adventure


Patiently waiting at the door


Not so patient anymore


Happy walkers


We met a furry friend on a walk about town


Reading in the bookshop




A new twist on an old game



Peekabo!


Daddy made lots of fires for us in our B&B room (and Molly observed very closely)



We read many books, both ones that we brought along and some new stories too


Pumpkin Pie! Not comparable to Papa Sheffield's by any means, but, hey, it's pumpkin pie.


Controlling the fork


After Thanksgiving dinner



Ocean


Busy playing in the sand and cold ocean water



Digging at the beach


Very focused


Yes, she is jumping into a freezing puddle, leather mary janes and all


Throwing sand



Molly, digging alongside her name (written in the sand by Daddy. Can you see it?)





Molly, Mama, and the Pacific Ocean at sunset



Daddy and Molly pose at lunch


At Sharon's-by-the-Sea (best fish and chips, ever!)(and the friendliest seagulls, too!)




Cheese! Molly with a cookie face (free cookies at the B&B = eating lots of cookies!)


All bundled up for an ocean walk at nightime



Snuggling daddy on the cool wooden swing overlooking the ocean


With mama, swinging in the dark



Nighttime walk



And nursing, of course