Aquarium visit and learning to be humans not animals!

Yesterday we took a family trip to the Georgia Aquarium.........(with the 1.3 million other people that decided to go as well!!)................The kids were totally siked and could barely contain themselves. We saw a ton of cool sea creatures and were even able to pet baby sharks and stingrays! (ok, i have to admit that was MY favorite part. The lady on the speaker kept saying...."if you have already had the chance to touch one of these creatures, please step aside so that others can get a chance"...........i'm pretty sure she was talking to me......but this was my favorite thing.....so i wasn't budging!! ha!ha!) Anyways, we really did have fun, except Pete was home sick with the flu/cold....(which i have today!.....ick!), so we missed not having him with us. I'm sure he would have had a few choice words for some of the exhibits!!

These are called "spider crabs"!!
Carters' favorite thing were the whale sharks!
We TRIED to get the kiddies to take a picture with nene and pap pap, but it really wasn't happening!

After the aquarium we were off to one of Atlanta's historical landmarks......Mary Macs tearoom!! This place is soo cool, and when you visit Atlanta, it is likely a place you will be taken to!...........BUT, faithful to protocol, our children had a slight problem behaving! We thought that if the table was CONNECTED to ours, this time maybe they would be able to sit by themselves....(apparently we are very SLOW learners, and do not learn by previous experiences!:-) Not long into the dining experience Nene/Nana was summoned to the "children's end" of the table. Upon arriving she had quite a situation to siege control of. Granted I was on the other end of the table (photographing the events as they happened of course), but I am pretty sure my mom just made things worse! I mean why are ALL the children STANDING on their chairs in the middle of a restaurant as if they were at a rock concert or something?.........and speaking of rock concert.....we were soon serenaded by the children with a song Nene/Nana had taught them entitled "we are humans not animals". (sung at the top of their lungs...........of course.) I think they prefer being animals!

Speaking of little animals.........
Ok, I HAD to snap a picture after Nene took the kids out....(or were asked and escorted out by staff??....i'm not sure). I only got one view as Hollie informed me that the table adjacent with ours did NOT find the humor in my taking pictures under the table!:-)............Whatever!

Hollie was CLEARLY rebelling against the humans vs. animals song............

Oh, the fun doesn't end just because we leave the restaurant! OH NO!..........As we walk to our cars, Carter...(who temporarily traded his identity with spider man i guess) decided he would scale a wall for the heck of it........recruiting some help along the way!!...........Where is this boys' mother anyways??..............(oh, and behind the blinds is a table of people trying to "dine"........)
Well, under complete control now and FINALLY almost to our car, we are on our way home.................as soon as we get through bumper to bumper traffic on a SATURDAY afternoon.....................................................................................only in the ATL baby!!