the cool "zoo"

It's summer. 

It's Atlanta. 

It's H-O-T-T HOT

(the extra "t" added for good measure...or for temperature...you decide)

Thanks to the Cuties fabulous Grandma, we are proud members of Zoo Atlanta.

Sometimes, though, it's just too hot to visit the zoo animals (and often, those animals find it too hot to be on exhibit and are hiding inside their quarters). 

So what are the Cuties to do when one of them asks to see some animals?

PET STORE!

woot woot.

 Can you tell that we're big fans?

We were big fans of the pet store field trip prior to our zoo membership and i reckon we'll be big fans for years to come. I truthfully find no shame in waltzing into a pet store for the Cuties to visit the animals and then walking out without a purchase...though sometimes I do cave and buy our kitties a bag of treats.

Thursday was Cutie Cakes first intentional pet store visit and I think she enjoyed the sounds. She couldn't really see anything because she was facing me in the Ergo. :-o

Cutie Face tried to free some kitties

when that plan didn't work, she entertained them:

I think they loved it. 

Now if only our cats loved it when Cutie Face played with them...

Next up were the birdies.

Cutie Face thought they were all named Pippen, like Grandma's birdie

the Cakester just wasn't sure about them, though

The fish were much more entertaining

but the best "exhibit" of all was the dog grooming station

she could have spent hours watching the dogs get their hair cut. 

It was quite entertaining to say the least :)