Monkey!

Reister's new favorite animal is the monkey (with the Lion as a close second). I thought it would be dogs forever! But now, since Lili & Poppo (my mom and dad) gave him a monkey backpack/harness as well as two Curious George books, Reister loves monkeys!

Oh and I should tell you that when he says "monkey" he pronounces it "muntchee". It's pretty cute. He's "fed" the monkey, "diapered" the monkey, "kissed" the monkey and I think even "patted" the monkey when I told him to put the monkey to sleep.

We went to the zoo this past week and although our local zoo is really lame and dirty, they still had monkeys. They were pretty crazy - aren't most monkeys? - but Reister enjoyed watching them in their cage. I was appalled to see a local give a monkey a plastic bag after all the snacks inside it were gone and the monkey actually started snacking on the plastic. I said maybe they were underfed but Micah pointed out all the uneaten carrots lying around on the ground. I guess the monkeys just preferred the plastic to the nourishment of carrots.