Callie has been begging for a birthday party at the local animal shelter for the last year. One of her friends did one about 18 months ago and it was great! The kids got to go volunteer at the shelter and do work for a bit and then they got to help socialize the animals. In lieu of gifts for the birthday girl, she asked for donations to the shelter. It was such an awesome idea.
However, our shelter has changed management and is incredibly overworked and understaffed. I could not get a warm body on the phone and could not get anyone to speak to me. Callie was getting distressed that I was breaking my promise that she could do this party. Seriously, I called at least 5 different times on 5 different days. I finally told her we could dive out there one Saturday afternoon. She was elated. So off we went.
And the shelter was closed that day.
Never fear, Callie was enthralled with cat-watching. And there were some baby armadillos that apparently live by the front door, so we enjoyed spying on them. Who knew they were so cute with their little Shrek-ears?! Callie was consoled by the alternate activities, but still expects me to pull this party thing off.
Making friends with the cats and selecting her favorites.
Check out that adorable little armadillo face! Come on, those ears are too cute.
He was digging a hole and was really fast at shoveling out the dirt.
Like a mini-rhino, I thought
Still do not want one for a pet, but I did think they were cute.
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