We started this weeks installment of Monkeyshines off right with an infusion of new (hand-me-down) books from one of our favorite benefactors, Aunt Susie and Company. Daddy went to the post office while Zachy was doing his Sensory Gym thing and picked up a shoebox full of literary treasures. We had fun spreading them all out on the living room floor and rolling around in them - we actually read a few too. Aunt Susie also included some really cool glow-in-the-dark space stickers which we haven't found a good place for yet, but Daddy has some ideas.
We had a very nice visit, although we never made it to the park, as a helper to go with us was not available. We did, however, take a nice long walk that featured stops at every gumball machine on 3rd Avenue to by colorful superballs.
We walked all the way down to Riteaid because Daddy needed some things, and because our little people were so well behaved, they got to each pick out an item from the toy aisle. Fortunately for Daddy, Riteaid tends to be pretty cost-effective. We stopped and ran on the grass at the big convent/school on Ridge Blvd., down the street from Daddy's house - hopefully the sisters didn't mind too much.
The evening was pretty uneventful and both little monkeys went to bed pretty early - but they didn't stay there. Zachy got up at 2:30am and was really up, and it didn't take him long to wake up his sister. I got Miranda back to sleep at about 4:30 am but Zachy stayed up partying with his toys until 6am. Daddy got a little sleep until about 8am, but then gave up and started making breakfast. In a roll reversal, Miranda ate two whole scrambled eggs for breakfast and Zach was the one who just picked at his food.
We continued our tradition of a Sunday morning walk and ended up at Cafe Cafe again. The kids had their snack while Daddy grabbed a cup of much needed java. We all had a nice time playing with our toys on the table and playing with the colored packets of sweetener.
As part of our art project this week, we broke into a Christmas gift that we hadn't used yet, only I'm not sure anymore who it was from - it was the Crayola Color Rainbow Explosion markers and tablet set (see picture above). We had great time with it, and used the stencils to make puppies and kittens and butterflies, etc. The only drawback was that the invisible ink stuff on the tablet seems to react with sticky fingers, creating a blue mess that doesn't wash off. Fortunately, it is non-toxic which is a good thing because Miranda got it all over her fingers and lips, making her look like she had just eaten a purple crayon or a barrel of blueberries. Many thanks to whomever anyhow - we did have fun (post a comment to let me know who Santa was).
There's lots more to tell, but I've been reminded about the positive aspects of brevity, so I'll stop here with one last note: the store had a 2 for 1 sale on the disposable digital cameras with the built in view screens, so I got some real nice pictures that should appear next week when we reconvene for Monkeyshines.
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