Flying Barrel Of Monkeys

Looking forward to many more years of matching jammies…

MonkeyBoy came down with some random eye infection/pinkeye the day I came home from the hospital, so we had to keep the boys from touching one another just in case it was contagious. I felt awful for MonkeyBoy, here his life was being turned upside down and we had to keep telling him “Don’t [...]

Last night we went on our annual trek to the tree farm to chop down our Christmas tree. Every year I try (and fail) to get a picture of MonkeyBoy in front of their tree ruler. I have wanted to have his picture there each year and thought it would be fun to [...]

We’re slowly decorating MonkeyBoy’s new “big boy” room. My mom made him a fabulous train quilt for his birthday and he loves it. He uses it both to sleep under and to play with – one day I discovered that he’d pulled it off his bed and was running his trains up and [...]

MonkeyMan was at a conference last weekend, so MonkeyBoy and I entertained ourselves with running errands in preparation for new baby’s arrival. As a reward for patience at the baby store while I picked out a stroller, we stopped at a park to play. But instead of playing on the park toys, MonkeyBoy [...]

MonkeyBoy loves to dress up in costumes, so I’ve been purchasing a few this holiday season. So far we’ve collected a blue triceratops and Mickey Mouse. He also still fits into his green dinosaur and train conductor costumes from last year. Not to mention the costumes that I found at the dollar [...]

I didn’t realize how much MonkeyBoy and I used to do in the late mornings until my job ended. I still catch myself thinking “we can do X after work” only to remember that I’m no longer working and we won’t automatically be out and about downtown at 10 AM every day. [...]

MonkeyBoy attended a sibling class at the hospital a couple weeks ago to learn what babies do and how to be a big brother. After a shy start, he warmed up to the class and started pestering the nurse in charge with “Teacher! Teacher!” every few minutes. I don’t know if he [...]

Is there anything more fun than jumping on a bed? Maybe jumping AND bossing mommy around?