Monkeyshines ‘till Nine

This week’s visit got off to another rather bumpy start. Both little ones reportedly got up at 3:30 in the morning and were ready for their afternoon snack by the time they arrived at the Sensory Gym at 10am. Zach had a short session, as he became sick and barfed in the waiting area shortly before the session was due to end. He did get some therapy done, however, and felt better almost immediately upon tossing up all of the junk that he ate prior to the session.

countBy the time we got to Daddy’s house, he was out for the. This was Zach’s first nap in his bed at Daddy’s house (of course I took pictures to capture the event). Miranda had taken a brief nap while Zach was doing his thing, so she was ready to play. After tucking Zachy in, we took our toys into the living room and play we did!

You might recall from a previous entry that our little guy had some shiny new Matchbox cars waiting for him leftover from his Dental visit, so equity demanded something for our little lady. Miranda found two beautiful necklaces for her to play dress-up with (of the cool, funky painted wooden, stretchy variety) and two giant superballs with little dinosaurs inside – the kind that she likes. She immediately held one up and said, “this is Zachy’s ball” and went and quietly laid it next to him while he was sleeping. What a good little sister!

We played with dolls for quite some time, had a tea party, banged on our tambourine, and had our lunch and a lollipop too. Zachy slept until 5:20 and woke up feeling fine, but no sooner had he gotten up, than Miranda fell asleep (she slept on the couch this time because Zach tends to play in the bedroom) and remained asleep until Mommy came back at 9pm.

Zach and I did our usual things, had a bath, watched our Chicka-chickas, and had a nice dinner (I didn’t overcook the steaks this time and the boy ate ravenously).

Mommy came and collected the monkeys at 9pm. Poor little Miranda was not happy about being woken up and bundled up – she cried and let it be known that it is better to let sleeping pandas lie. We hugged and kissed and said goodbye – this coming Saturday will see the first Overnight Monkeyshines and promises to be a momentous occasion. Stay tuned!