Welcome To The Monkey House

Welcome To The Monkey House is a title of a book by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Daddy’s favorite author. He was a gifted writer, a social critic, a remarkable story-teller, a comic genius, a visionary, an intellectual of incredible, if sometimes acerbic, mental acuity. Daddy wants both of you to read all his works when developing and disciplining your own intellects.

Today’s entry is “Welcome To The Monkey House” for reasons not directly tied to the works of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Mommy and Daddy routinely refer to the two of you as little (precious) monkeys, an expression not at all intended to be disparaging. Rather, we call you both monkeys as expressions of our unconditional love for both of you, even when you are behaving like out-of-control monkeysJ. Mommy even has a bedtime ritual where she chants “One, two, three, four---who let the monkeys out the door,” which is a signal to each of you to march upstairs and get ready for “night, night.” We all laugh at this ritual, and at each other, as we march up the stairs.

So Daddy chose “Welcome To The Monkey House” as our blog title tonight because we are indeed welcoming a new member to our monkey house! Welcome to the “Monkey House” Allie, our new Australian Cattle Dog! Mommy first met Allie (named such as she was found in an alley) while doing volunteer work at our humane society. Indeed, we had all met Allie, and as the date upon which the shelter would “put her down” if by then not adopted arrived, Mommy discusses with us and we all agreed we would welcome her to our “Monkey House.” So today Mommy and the two of you went to the humane society animal shelter and formally adopted Allie, and she will come home to live with us tomorrowJ!

Later in the evening today, the other special event occurred which was all of us going to Sister Kelly’s to celebrate Brother Aaron’s birthday. Happy birthday, brother Aaron. We got him a three ton suv/truck hydraulic jack (which Sister Kelly assured us he really wantedJ). While there we visited with the nice people at the party and enjoyed a feast of a dinner, and you, especially, Bodhi met a three year old little latina girl named Sammi, the daughter of one of Daddy’s colleagues at work named Luci.  The two of you became good friends and played and played; you were preoccupied with Aaron’s inflated birthday balloon, Buddha, which he sent home with youJ.

All-in-all, we all had a full and exciting day! Again, happy, happy birthday, Brother Aaron! As we settle in for “night, night” we are all excited about the arrival of tomorrow and picking up and bringing home our new family member—welcome to the monkey house, AllieJ!!!

Pictures at Aunt Ti's today...

Brother and Sister laughing together :)

Brother and Sister playing together :)

Brother and Sister having a Popsicle together :)

Brother and Sister posing for a picture together (with the same facial expression ha/ha)!

PS  Jude you scored kisses from both Lizzie and Sammi today!  You always give Lizzie lovin's, you two are best pals! You told Sammi, "No No!"  However, you took a second to think about it and then leaned in for another ha/ha!!