I’m not sure about the future direction of this blog (if it even has a future) but it seems to be kid-centric the past few months which was one of my “no nos” when I created this thing.  I’m not sure if I’m temporarily mellowing out but the angst of a really crappy July has passed and a new month is upon us.  Maybe it’s the fact that my oldest daughter is starting kindergarten next Monday, but I have just been in “Daddy Mode” in regards to all my modes of communication as of late.

I bring this up because, after a very long sleepless night with our 11-month old, I stayed home on Wednesday to take Ally to the zoo.  Taking away the fact it was a stomach-punching 97 degrees and humid outside, we actually had a blast.  Fortunately Zoo Atlanta is heavily shaded so we were spared the brunt of this latest heat wave.

The following set of photos we really lucked out on.  A mother lion was rounding up her 3 boy cubs and was moving them by the standard method of picking them up with her mouth by the scruff of their neck.  What was cool is that she did this right in front of us (see third photo).

"MOOOOMMMMM, not in front of everyone. You're embarrassing me."

Gotta find a way to stay cool.