pumpkins in the o.c.

we realized that halloween was only a couple of weeks away, so we better get over to the pumpkin patch. so, we headed over to a great one in irvine. we went to this same one last year and loved it. all i have to say is...they have horses & ponies! that's all we had to say to the girls and we HAD to go to this one...

here we were waiting in line for the horses for kaia and the ponies for leia...

here's kaia getting all saddled up :)
she loved it when the horse trotted!
they were in the BEST mood (and i used the horses as bribes all morning...for example, when kaia was whining about playing soccer this morning, i just kept reminding her that after the game we're going to the pumpkin patch to ride horses and every time they didn't listen, we'd threaten that if they don't listen, they couldn't ride horses...it really worked)...maybe we need to get a horse for a pet ;)
leia HAD to bring her puppy...every time we said, "leia, do you want to ride the horses"...she said, "yeah, with my doggy". so cute.
it's almost leia's turn!
kaia was excited to watch leia ride the ponies too...
she couldn't stop smiling!
she made sure her puppy was safe...she said, "i'm a good mama".
then, we kinda got a family pic with the pumpkins...
leia loved picking up the pumpkins...
i love it when they get along...
we had to get the girls cotton candy...i'll never forget, last year when they were eating it kaia said something like, "am i eating hair?" she's so funny.
then, it was time for a hayride...
leia loves her big sis...
last but not least, we took the girls on a paddle boat ride. this was a first for them, and it was NOT easy peddling the peddles with kids on our laps, but it was a lot of fun (and a workout!)
whew!

i'm sure we'll be back next year!