Shirahama Beach

Vacation day2. We basically stayed at the beach and the pool all day long. Girls were pretty funny when we decided to go into the ocean. Ellie and Julia have disliked the salty water and constant waves at first and took them awhile to get adjusted. It was pretty surprising that Julia actually liked getting rocked by the wave. Julia even fell asleep on the ocean. (Ellie did the same when she was about Julia's age at the beach in Okinawa...)

2日目。どこにも行かず、ただひたすらビーチとプールで遊びました。子供達は、海のお水遊びに慣れるまで少々時間がかかりました。エリもジュリアも海水（塩水）のまずさにびっくり。さらに、波がくるという事実にもダブルびっくり。しかし、浮き輪を上手につかってある程度海遊びにもなれると、エリもジュリアも波の浮き沈みを楽しんでいたようです。ジュリアは、波の上下が心地よかったのか、浮き輪に揺られながら海の上で眠りについておりました。（同じことをエリもジュリアの年のころ、沖縄のビーチでやってましたので、あまり驚きはしませんでしたが…。）

Playing on the beach, they were of course playing with the sand.
海から上がると、やっぱりお砂遊びです。

The hotel had a nice pool and we enjoyed playing in there. They had a wonderful pool for small children! The kiddy pool was divided in sections and depth of each section was different. Julia could even walk on the most shallow section and she loved it! Julia and Ellie loved walking around the kiddy pool and they didn't want to come out.

That's pretty much what we did it on Day2. Of course in the evening, we enjoyed delicious Izu food and Onsen. Mommy decided to send Ellie with Daddy this time so that she could enjoy Onsen with Julia and it was successful!

夜は伊豆の海産物いっぱいの美味しいお食事にありついた後は、やっぱり温泉でしょう。今度はエリにはDaddyと一緒に行っていただき、Mommyはジュリアと温泉を楽しみました。（後でDaddyは、「エリと一緒だとゆっくり温泉に浸かってられない…」とぼやいていたのは言うまでもありませんね。）