I think the big monkey just made her first real joke! “You know what would be funny, Mom?” “What, love?” “If there was a medicine called Scream Forte.” [A note of explanation: the monkey sometimes gets a homeopathic remedy called Calms Forte to help at bedtime. So Scream Forte WOULD be pretty funny . . [...]
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Monkey humor
Posted in Monkey, excruciating cuteness of, tagged NaBloPoMo on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just a dollop of cuteness before bed
Posted in Big monkey, Monkey language, Monkey, excruciating cuteness of, tagged NaBloPoMo on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We were enjoying a lovely dinner with some artistic entertainment (okay, Costco pizza and “So You Think You Can Dance”). Already excited about the prospect of Halloween candy after dinner, her eyes widened when I sat down with a tall glass of Honeycrisp apple cider (best.cider.EVER). “Mama . . .” she began, her little face [...]
Today sucks, that is all
Posted in Family, Random household whatever, tagged NaBloPoMo on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Not much of a post in me today. Today would’ve been Dad’s birthday, except it isn’t because he is gone, and that just kind of set the tone for the day–we had a hard time getting out of the house, and then the outing we’d planned with friends was a bust, and as I was [...]
Monkey sleep issues
Posted in Big monkey, tagged NaBloPoMo on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The (big) monkey has been protesting naps for . . . I don’t know; it feels like centuries. Arguing despite evidence to the contrary that she doesn’t want to take a nap, she doesn’t need to take a nap, she just wants to play and not go to sleep EVER! At every step of the [...]
Monkey music
Posted in Monkey language, Monkey, excruciating cuteness of, tagged NaBloPoMo on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The monkey is singing in the backseat while her brother watches. “It’s easy to doooo . . . It’s not every dayyyyy . . . chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp . . . It’s easy to doooo . . . It’s not every dayyyyy . . . chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp [...]
Jammin’ (a blog post in numbers and pictures)
Posted in Family on September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
3 moms working in the kitchen 9 kids playing underfoot 14 batches of jam 4 different kinds of fruit 35 jars full of deliciousness!
How old is “grown up”?
Posted in Monkey, excruciating cuteness of on May 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
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 [...]
And yet another . . .
Posted in Monkey, excruciating cuteness of on February 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Things that Ilze wants to plant in her garden: 1) waffles 2) snowflakes 3) carrots
The latest funny
Posted in Monkey, excruciating cuteness of on February 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Inspired by this post, I thought I would share Ilze’s latest goofy behavior. When we’ve told her something that she doesn’t like–when she’s been told “no”, for instance–she runs from the room saying “no . . . no . . . I can’t believe it!” After she runs to her room for a bit, she [...]
