Monkeyshines Unlimited

I'll keep this week’s Monkeyshines entry short and to the point: I love my monkeys! Zach and Miranda came over at the usual time and stayed overnight once again. We all had a great time hanging out and playing and eating and singing and dancing, and yes we got a little sleep too.


This week we pulled the electric train set out, which all of us had almost forgotten about, and made a layout around the amazing marble machine. It was quite a sight (and sound): the train was going, Miranda was running back and forth to the bedroom to get more and more weebles to ride in the train, Zach was jumping up and down and chasing marbles that were bouncing everywhere (some even to places that Daddy can’t find), the train was whistling and shouting “all aboard” and Daddy was just fanning the flames. It was all very tribal.

This week we were also able to get out for a walk on Saturday afternoon, as the weather was not too cold – this was the first such outing for us, though more are certain to follow. This week the kids also slept through the night, which was nice for Daddy. Zach fell asleep around 9pm, got up at 6am and crawled into bed with me, wanting to cuddle and read some books – it was a very sweet way to wake up. Miranda fell asleep at 9:30pm and slept until 6:30am, when she woke up all smiles and giggles.

It looks as though we are all already falling into a nice routine. Daddy didn’t take any pictures this week, but we will rectify that before next week’s installment of Monkeyshines