Wednesday 3 October 2007

A monkey in the house


In the absence of sisters, brothers or next-door neighbours, you can encourage a large monkey to be civilised and have a tea party with you. Berry has established this after extensive post-birthday experiments.

This is A-a', the very agreeable ape sent down from Dallas for Berry's birthday by clever Grandpa Tom. A-a' was named by Berry (if you couldn't guess) and spends his days having tea parties and being pushed around in a small blue trolley.

He's generally very well-behaved, although we occasionally discover him sitting at the table with a serious expression and inappropriate things on his head. Once it was a blue Lacoste cap, turned backwards, and another time it was a small white cat known as Mischief Kitten.

Mischief and monkeys. We should definitely prevent those two from hanging out together.

(ps: I'd like to point out that I do know there's a big difference between monkeys and apes – but I don't care.)

11 comments:

  1. Ahh, so cute! Love the print in Berry's little sitting room too. A-a' is probably much better than a real brother or sister, he won't have tantrums or pull her hair.

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  2. This is the sweetest picture. How wonderful to capture such a beautiful moment!

    You have beautiful stationary!

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  3. What a lovely companion! But ..er.. maybe it's time for a sibling. :) LOL!
    Not necessarily for Berry, but another baby for Mom!

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  4. That's so sweet! So nice that A-a' was behaving well for Berry! And hey, my daughter has the exact same tea set. :)

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  5. I want an A-a'! Totally cute!

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  6. The monkey looked like he was having a good time, but did he help with the washing up afterwards? Was he really a good house guest?

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  7. There's nothing better than having tea with a monkey.

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  8. Oh I love this picture. I'm sure she'll love it later in life too, heck her children will love it!

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  9. Awww -- your daugther's head looks exactly like my older daughter's (now 15 years old) head when she was little. So cute. I love those little girls.

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