Monkey

Within the last few months Av has grown very fond of monkey. Monkey is a brown soft puppet. He is not stuffed like a normal stuffed animal. Not sure what monkey has that her other toys don’t have but boy is monkey her most beloved item. Monkey goes everywhere with her. So far (knock on wood) she is very good about holding onto monkey and not putting him down places. Really he does not leave her hands. We try to limit where monkey goes but we are losing that battle. He goes to school with her but stays in her cubby all day long. The minute I get to school to pick her up she says, “Monkey.” She is kind of old to just now be developing a security item although monkey came along right after Cami came home so it must have something to do with that. Monkey was actually a gift for Cami from John’s cousin Ingvild. I insisted on washing monkey on Sunday after he spent the day at the park with Av on Sat. Boy was that a hard 1.5 hours for her. She kept going to the washer and calling for him. Monkey does not have a name, just monkey. He is that cool, like Madonna or something.