Irvine Regional Park

On Saturday, Hillary and I decided we wanted to take the kids on a little excursion. We decided to head out to Irvine Regional Park for the day. The weather was beautiful and the kids had a blast! This park really is amazing. We started off at the Orange County Zoo (which is actually located inside the park). We saw coyotes, bears, a reindeer, some sort of wild cat, a peacock, two beavers and some snakes. I think there were some other animals as well, but the girls wanted to run through the place as quickly as possible, so we didn’t really have much time to peruse the whole zoo.





By far their favorite zoo attraction was the petting zoo. I’m fairly certain it was my favorite as well. Rather than allowing the kids to feed the goats (which usually just ends in germy hands and a fearful fit when the goats decide to maul the toddler with two handfuls of food), this zoo provides brushes for the kids to “brush” the goats. Our little stylist, Madeline, was oh so excited about this. She had a brush for each hand and one on her elbow at one point and would treat the goats as though they were her “clients.” I’d hear he say, “Hold very, very still please.”

It was too cute!






After the zoo, we headed over for a pony ride. Madeline LOVES ponies and she had a blast riding “Rocky” (she named him). As usual, she jabbered the entire time. I tried to get some video, but I was also leading Rocky so it’s not the best footage!





We then picked up some Icees (hence the blue teeth) and hopped on the train for a ride around the park. All of the kids enjoyed the ride, especially the tunnel!

We will for sure be making a trip back here again this summer.