Devin Got Reprimanded

Last night Devin was playing with Pippa and he was playing “rough” with her and I said Devin stop and Monks was sitting on the couch by Tio and Pete and pointed at Devin and said “Dehmen! Stop”! He straight called Devin by his name and not “Daddy”. He meant business. Don’t mess with his sister. Sweet boy.

Stories Of The Monks

I have three adorable/hilarious/sweet stories to share. They are all about my monkey. I have to document everything that happens so that years from now, Monks can come and read things on here and we can reminisce and laugh together. I want him to know all the funny things he did and how much we adore him.

**Aikman had been in bed for about 15 minutes the other night. Devin was feeding Pippa and I was sitting on the couch. We heard Apollo bark outside at something and then heard Monks yell from his room “hush Apollo!” We laughed. We then heard him yell it three more times at the top of his lungs and on the last time he yelled it he said “Hush Apollo! I tryin to sleep!!” Devin and I laughed for about ten minutes!

**We were in the grocery store yesterday buying some stuff for our Halloween feast. I was getting some dip and asked Devin if he wanted the queso or jalapeno one. Devin said the queso. Monks then said “I not want the ha-penis dip. I not like it.” Hapenis dip. Appetizing huh?

**After the store, we went to grab some burgers off the dollar menu at Burger King. We had a few hours before everyone was coming and were hungry! We got Monks a whopper junior which has meat, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, onions and mayonnaise. We got home and Devin opened his hamburger and separated the top and bottom bun. He pulled out the meat and set it on the paper for Aikman. One bun was naked and the other had all the veggies and mayo. Monks took a bite of his tomato and then ate his pickles. He ate some of his meat and then reached for the onion. Devin said you won’t like that monkey and so he put it down. I told Devin hey, don’t tell him that. Let him try it if he wants. If he doesn’t like it, he doesn’t like it but don’t discourage him from trying things. (I got that same speech from Devin a few weekends ago when Monks ate a jelly egg aka sunny side up. Gag me.) Anyway, he ate more of his meat and then started eating the lettuce. He really enjoyed it so we were like hmm, cute. He then picked up the onion (and it’s the white onion) and ate the whole thing! I could not believe he liked it. He never made a face or spit it out. SO he ate his veggies and meat. Maybe next time he will eat the bread with it lol My big boy!

Witch Hands

I am sorry but this Halloween craft kicks butt! How precious are witch hands? I used to do these with my kids at the daycare and they are super fun to make and eat! I ate mine today for snack at work. I thought Monks would like it a lot but he was just eh with it. I excitedly got the gloves, candy corns and ribbon together and asked Devin to make the popcorn for us. We happily sat down and as soon as I dumped out the candy he said I want candy corn and started to eat some. I said hey wait you have to put it in the glove and went to show him how to make it look like a nail and he looked at me totally uninterested and said no and proceeded to grab some popcorn and candy corn and just eat it. I said look monkey, put the food in the glove and it looks like a hand! He again looked at me and put a piece, yes, one piece of popcorn in the glove and then continued to eat it. Devin and I made ours and then he was a little interested in filling his. For every one that went in the glove, four went in his mouth. Crazy kid. He was still proud of his hand, even if it did only have four fingers and nails on its palm. Poor witch.



Placing a tiny amount of stuff in his glove



Just eating



Work in progress



Daddy's-Mommy's-Monk's



Not impressed lol



Pips being camera shy :)



My Little Picasso

Sunday I woke up with an annoying cold and didn’t really feel like doing much. I knew it would be a lazy day. I did clean and do laundry though! I wanted to do something fun for Monks just because he is insanely perfect. I thought and thought and decided it was time he painted. This was his first time. Oh. My. Goodness. He loved it and had so much fun. Sometimes I think I expect more from him than I should, I mean he is only two. He did not understand the concept of using one brush per color so he just used the same brush for each color and moved the extra paint brushes to the side. At first I told him no, to use the other brushes and then I thought you know what, just stop. He is enjoying himself and having a blast. He painted four pictures and I asked him what he was painting and he told me what each one was. His imagination is incredible. He painted for a while and then it was off to the bath! I did have to mop my kitchen after but it was worth it. Some of you may be seeing some of this art as gifts in the near future…….



Prepping...




Painting!





This was his "Pumpkin"




This was his "Paper"




Here is a "Star"




And look at this "Animal"



Fall Fest & Trunk or Treat

We went to a fall fest this past weekend and Monks had so much fun. We had been working on saying trick or treat with him. He is usually shy at first around a lot of people and then will warm up to someone so I was a little worried as to how he would act. He caught on quick. When he realized you could get candy by saying trick or treat, he was on top of his game! He was so sweet walking from car to car to get candy. His first piece he was given was a lollipop and as soon as it hit his little bucket, he took it out and had to have it lol I wanted to wait in line to make caramel apples, but there were mosquitoes out for some strange reason and I did not want to risk them getting bit so we did not make one. We left the church and came up to DPS to see Tio working and show off their costumes. He had some candy with him so Monks had a mini trick or treat with him and Beth who happened to be working too. It was a fun night.



A sleepy bee



Already eating candy :)



Such a great pic and crazy Monks is looking in his bucket lol



Haloween Costumes!

My babies looked absolutely adorable for Halloween I must say. Pips pulled off her bee costume! She was a little eh with the hat but it was too big anyway so it was more of a hood on her which kept her little head warm so it was all good. Monks was so handsome in his police costume. I may have mentioned a few times he wanted to be a wolf (werewolf). I knew he would not let me paint his face and he would not wear a mask or anything on his hands so he would have pretty much just looked like a homeless boy in a flannel shirt with torn jeans. Maybe next year sweet boy. He was so excited to wear his costume though and he would tell me I wook handsome momma! Anytime police are mentioned he says police help people. So smart. His costume was too big and since I can barely sew on a button, I used hot glue on his sleeves and pants to shorten them. Hey, it worked. Now to plan for next year….

Second Trip To The Pumpkin Patch!

We made a second trip to the pumpkin patch for more pics. The wind was kind of cool this day. We went on another hayride and this time a lady who lived off the path was standing in the field and had a basket of goodies! She had on a witch hat and let kids pick from packages of crackers, apples, or candy. That was very nice and we appreciate her! Monks grabbed the cheese crackers. We had so much fun and got some really great pics.