The Monkeys Visit the Monkeys

This morning, we took Joe and Clara in their monkey costumes to visit other animals at the zoo.  We had decided to visit the farm animals before the bambini decided to go in costume, and the farm animals were being much discussed.  Otherwise, we would have made a circuit of all the zoo's monkeys.  It had been a while since we'd visited the farm animals though.  The last time we did, Clara was on the inside, and made her appearance about a week later.  On our way to the farm this time, we saw the flock of turkeys that parade around there.  They beat a hasty retreat from our two monkeys.  Can you imagine, Fans?!  We learned that the farm animals are also not keen on being outside when it's below 40 degrees.  This, Fans, you probably can imagine.  Instead they like to snuggle or play in the barns.  We saw pigs snuggling and goats and chickens playing.  The bambini tamed the hay bale maze and climbed on the tractor, too, before we decided to head back and see the monkeys by the entrance before heading from home via Noodles for lunch, which is where we usually go after visiting the zoo.  That was where Joe, ever sociable, greeted some other diners who then complimented his and Clara's monkey costumes.  That's when he informed them that Clara was "a usual monkey"--as opposed to Curious George.  The Usual Monkey and her Curious Sidekick are up to their usual Sunday evening monkey business, by which we mean tearing about, giggling, and screeching.  In other words, it's a zoo.

The Monkeys prepare to take the zoo by storm.

The Curious Monkey.

On the turkeys' trail. . .

Hello, Goat.

The Usual Monkey by the Fake Pig.