Flying Barrel Of Monkeys

Snacks and stuff

It was our turn for snack again at school (sorry, Jessica, you might want to scroll past this one!) The class has been studying snowmen (kind of crazy since average temperature is usually in the 60s, but I digress) so I made a savory cheese dip snowman with crackers. I was amazed at how easy this one was to make. I’m definitely adding it to my winter recipe rotation.

When I went to pick up MonkeyBoy after school the teachers confided that they didn’t think the kids would like the snack, but that the kids loved it! I had sent along my four penguin spreaders and apparently snack time took on a playtime air as the kids took turns digging into the snowman and spreading him onto their crackers.

I have to be careful what pictures I show MonkeyBoy. Twice in the last day he’s looked over my shoulder as I try to organize my photos and recognized his younger self playing with toys. And he demands to know just where those toys are. Luckily, I was able to find the toys in question, but it’s not always going to be that way.

The reason I won’t always be able to do #2 is because I’ve started spring cleaning a little early this year. Instead of setting new year’s resolutions, I decided to set monthly goals. January’s goal is to remove 10 things from the house each day. So I’ve been throwing away, recycling, craigslisting, and ebaying things left and right. This morning I shipped off a 15 pound box of stamping stuff I no longer use to some ebayer who paid me over $100 for it. Win-win: cleaner craft room and cold hard cash. I’ve sold off a few of MonkeyBoy’s toys that he’s outgrown and I have another batch of them that we are going to take up to the church nursery so that he and his friends can still enjoy them, but they aren’t cluttering up the house.

We went to Ikea on Saturday and came home with two bookshelves and two desks, in five boxes. I love my car. We were able to safely fit two adults, a child in a carseat and four boxes inside the car with all the doors shut. That fifth box? We strapped it to the roof with complimentary twine.

All of the new desks and shelves have been assembled and one of the old desks was craigslisted away. We’ll probably have to drop the price on desk #2, but hopefully it can go this week.

MonkeyMan used the playroom as the location for furniture assembly, which means that MonkeyBoy was a willing assistant. After MonkeyMan’s new server tower shelf was constructed, MonkeyBoy used it as a drive-in window. He would stand behind it and tell us to order food, then he would go over to his little kitchen and “cook”. When it was done, he would pass the food through the open shelving. He called himself ‘Chik-Fil-A” which was ironic since it was on a Sunday, a day when that particular restaurant is closed.

In addition to assembly, Moneyboy also offers furniture testing services. He checked out my new storage cubbies by climbing into them.

I take pictures of the items I sell, since I think seeing the current condition helps to market the item. I didn’t put this one up though, since I worried CPS might come visit.

Don’t see what’s wrong? How about with the doors open?

That child loves to hide!

There’s no #10. My dad is waiting for the blog to post so he can go to bed. Goodnight, Dad!

When I asked MonkeyBoy about his day at school he told me “We had a snowman snack. My mommy made it. It was yummy. It had raisins in it. Raisins are yucky. Blech!”