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Archive for February, 2008
One word . . .
Posted in Monkey, excruciating cuteness of, Pictures on February 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Monkey see, monkey do
Posted in Monkey, excruciating cuteness of on February 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ilze packed up her crayons, all the while chirping “Seeya dinner!”; then, heading down the stairs with her briefcase, we heard her say “Have fun!”.
Then suddenly, from halfway down the stairs . . .
“O God! Keys! O God!”
She scrambled back up the stairs and started spinning around staring at the floor.
“Keys! Keys go?”
Monkeyshines
Posted in Monkey, excruciating cuteness of on February 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On the morning of my grandfather’s funeral, I got the monkey dressed in lots of purple — purple dress, purple legwarmers, purple shoes. After her shoes were buckled I stood back and said “Ilze, you are too cute. Can you say ‘too cute’?”
Without missing a beat she smiled and said “no, da free [...]
Monkey observations
Posted in Monkey language on February 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Ilze (pointing): Two eyes! One . . . two!
Me: That’s right, Ilze; Mama has two eyes.
Ilze: Two ears!
Me: Yup, I have two ears.
Ilze: Two . . . cheek!
Me: That’s right, two cheeks.
Ilze: Two . . . chin!
Me: Now wait a minute . . .
Just when you think it can’t suck any more . . .
Posted in A little cheese with that whine? on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve already mentioned the unfortunate visitation of The Plague upon our household, and our combined familial illness total for the month of January (9). Apparently, though, the monkey was not content to contain the sickness to February . . . so at 3am on Sunday morning, two hours away from home and mid-non-refundable-vacation, she [...]
