The Monkey Suit

Charlie would not leave the house in anything but his monkey costume today. He calls it his "monkey suit." And he looks adorable in it. However today it was 70 degrees. The monkey suit is all in fur and has a hood which he wants to wear most of the time also. He also was insisting on not wearing any shoes on our outing to the Transportation Museum, as "monkeys don't wear shoes when they climb." he told me. So Ben (5) hears Charlie and I having this conversation and he comes over to sit next to Charlie and says, "Well, Charlie, monkeys don't TALK either." Charlie starts cracking up like he gets it. Then he begins to make monkey noises for a while, but upon realizing he can't sustain the "no talking" monkey rule, he just resigns to putting on his shoes. It was AWESOME! These boys crack me up, and I think they are pretty darn smart.