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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“Hey mom?”
Posted in Monkey, excruciating cuteness of on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
She beckons me closer, her tone conspiratorial. “I’m going to give you a question.” She points across the kitchen, to the fridge. “Those babies, right there? Make a 7.”
Monkey sweetness
Posted in Monkey, excruciating cuteness of on October 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We were driving around, running errands, and I told her “just one more stop, and then we can go home and see Grandpa!” From the backseat: “Your grandpa, or my grandpa?” “Oh, sweetie–your grandpa. I don’t have a grandpa any more,” I responded. “Ohhhh . . . dat’s no good,” she said. Then, after another [...]
Monkey logic
Posted in Monkey, excruciating cuteness of on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This morning Ilze went downstairs for a “pretend nap” shortly after breakfast. After a few minutes, I could hear her grunting and groaning at the bottom of the stairs. Finally she called up “I need you to help me, mama, wif dis chair!” I found her on the bottom step, struggling to pull her rocking chair [...]
