She was supposed to be asleep by the time “Family Guy” came on. Instead, fighting tooth and nail (as is her wont) to stay awake, she overheard our near-hysterical laughter and got scared.
“I didn’t like it when you laughed,” she said tearfully when I came into her room.
“It’s okay, sweetheart–we were just watching a [...]
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How old is “grown up”?
Posted in Monkey, excruciating cuteness of on May 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Whispers from the back seat of a minivan
Posted in Monkey, excruciating cuteness of on May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is dark, nearly midnight, and we have successfully transferred a sleeping wee one to the middle-row carseat. The monkey is buckled into her throne in the back row — temporarily satiated with cheese & crackers and, long past her bedtime, on her way home to bed. After multiple admonitions to quiet down so as [...]