Monkey

Today was Ted's last day of solo parenting and it was another success! I took Joe and Clara with me after pickup to get "Mommy Daddy dinner" which is our now Friday ritual take and bake pizza and 6 pack of beer - we are nothing if not sophisticated gourmands. I could have used an extra hand, but they charmed the beer guy out of a lollipop and Joe serenaded the Papa Murphy's customers with a foreign sounding version of ABCD while Clara walked in circles with her little bird hat just slightly askew.

The highlight of the day was clearly the arrival of Mommy just in time to read Joe books (Clara will get her moment in the morning). Joe immediately absconded with Julie's shiny big gold necklace, but that was nothing compared to the monkey doll that was presented to him. Monkey was soon given a funny voice and was dancing and doing many other tricks. So after a couple books and hugs, Joe took his monkey off to bed to be introduced to the rest of the zoo. Welcome home Mommy (and monkey)!