Zoo Boo

I joked to some friends this week that Jonathan was dressing up as a Monkey for Halloween, and David and I would be going as Tired Toddler Parents. This morning, Jonathan played his part quite well and had a blast at the zoo with friends, and we were actually relatively 'with it,' as toddler parents go. This evening, Jonathan started out in his Monkey costume, to welcome Trick-Or-Treaters (or at least those who came before bedtime). But dinner got underway, things were looking messy, the costume got scrapped, and we had a toddler eating egg drop soup in a diaper. Toddler shares his glass of water with Mommy. Doorbell rings, dog barks, toddler cries, Daddy consoles crying toddler. By the time we arrive at the door, we are in fact the scary version of Tired Toddler Parents. Jonathan's in a wet diaper with food down his chest. I'm drenched in water down my front. And David now has swirrled eggs scattered across his brown cashmere sweater, from picking up the crying toddler, who was himself covered in egg drop soup. Our neighbors all think we're quite a mess, but we did at least get the candy distributed to lots of small children, who wouldn't have cared if we'd had eggs in our hair, as long as we had a basket of Nerds.

A few photos of our little Monkey's day at the Zoo...




Weee!

Every Monkey needs a Banana break once in a while.