100 degree weather in California calls for a beach day (even if it is the middle of October)... our beach play date quickly turned into a pumpkin patch and Panera Bread lunch play date when we realized the Seal Beach PD had a good portion of accessible routes closed down (figures we'd pick the one time when the quiet community of Seal Beach is full of media and police after a mass murder @ a local hair salon took place the day before)... we joined all the other stroller pushing mommy-and-me goers at the local
Pa's Pumpkin Patch and the girls didn't seem to mind. Things we learned/experienced/realized-
a) you can never apply too much sunblock;
b) mamarazzi will stop at
nothing (including making obscene noises gestures) to get their lil' ones' attention for the perfect pumpkin backdrop photo opp;
3) ALWAYS wear close-toed shoes when trekking through a petting zoo... and while I'm at it- always have wipes/hand sanitizer ready;
z) if you buy the bulk ticket package to save a buck, you won't use them all, on the other hand if you only buy a few pricier tickets you'll wish you splurged on the money-saver ticket pack; and
5) pumpkins are way cheaper at the grocery store.
After our pumpkin patch venture, we headed to Panera where the girls looked like a couple of old-lady birds enjoying an afternoon of catching up on important life happenings such as who had what for breakfast, whose headband stayed on longer, and which book they are going to fight over on the car ride home... all in all it was a fantastic day with good girlfriends!
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| "I'll take this one! $50 isn't too much right mom?" |
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| of course I had the wrong angle when they finally both looked at a camera simultaneously! |
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| my lil' bug liked chasing the animals... and trying to grab their tails |
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| just a few of the million shots when one or both weren't looking... action shots are all the rage anyway (so I keep telling myself) |
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| people thought they were twins/sisters/cousins |
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| broccoli cheese soup... tasty annnnd messy- fantastic! |
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| can't decide which is better... hand or spoon... either way she polished off her soup and asked for more |
