365: 89

Poor Hubs is sick. Not only sick, he's delerious, walking around in his hoodie complaining that it's freezing when his temp is 102. Luckily Monkey attempted to cheer him up, maybe laughter is the best medicine.

365: 88

Finally the humid weather seems to have started to let off and I feel safe taking Monkey outside for more than 10 minutes and to places other than the pool :). We are lucky enough that our county fair isn't too far from us so we headed there to check out all of the animals and such while poor Hubs was sick at home. The photography entries are the first place I want to go (surprised?) and this one was was my favorite:My favorite quilt entry:

And last but not least, the winner of most modern hairdo by a two legged animal goes to this guy:

365: 87

I had been wanting to get some recent pictures of Monkey's fingers and toes while they are still small (the last ones I had taken in the NICU, put in black and white, and are up in his room). Today, just by chance, I got a pretty good shot of both! I love in the one how he has his tongue out in sheer concentration :):

365: 86

We are lucky to have the most awesome discount bookstore, Foozles, near us (I look up the store and the only other one I found was in TN). They have all kinds of books but they have an amazing kids section with cooks ranging from $2.99 and up. One time when I was leaving, the cashier asked if I had seen the book "You Are My I Love You." I welled up reading it (I still do), and bought every copy they had. Target sells the book for $16, but I paid much, much less. Monkey and I go every so often to check it out and this week we found a very cute book called:
I loved the illustrations and the message of the story (the things that make you different make you special). I expecially loved when Solomon meets a very important movie maker, any idea who it is :)?

365: 85

Does your child find diaper changes uninteresting? Would they rather roll over and attempt to jump from the changing table than to sit through the entire procedure? Well, then may I suggest:
The Poopy Monkey!

Ahh, the magical power of distraction! We keep Poopy Monkey hanging out by the window until we need him and the 10 seconds of interest my Monkey has in him is all I need to get the job done.

365: 84

Between swimming (our first time to go with The Hubs and we had a great time!) and playing with his cousins, Monkey was one worn out little guy by the time we checked in to the hotel:

And the hotel provided one of Monkey's very favorite toys free of charge:I can't believe it's already August!

365: 83

In honor of my niece;s birthday, we decided to have a day of fun in KC and spend the night in a hotel. Here we see that despite the hundred of dollar you spend on toys your child, they find entertainment in the simplest things, like Grandma's shoelaces...

I wanted to bring some wine along to the hotel and after seeing a scary story about hotel glasses, I wanted to pack our own. I am pretty sure that this is not what they had in mind for disposable sippy cups:

but it worked just fine for me...yummmmm!!