David's big day with monkey

David's preschool teacher, Mrs. Cloud, has a stuffed monkey for the kids to take turns bringing home and taking care of. This week it was David's turn to take monkey home for a visit. I wish I could have captured David's face when he came running to tell me that he had monkey! I really don't think there could have been a cuter kid on the planet than him at that moment.

David was so excited for our adventure with monkey the following morning. I told him the night before that we would take monkey with us everywhere and we would take pictures of him so that he could show Mrs. Cloud all about their day together. David loved it and so did I.

Before we left for our errands, David and monkey played a little MX vs ATV Unleashed on the X-Box while I finished my morning chores.

First on our agenda for the day was getting David a much needed haircut. The hairdresser was super sweet and even agreed to give monkey a little trim for free.

Then it was David's turn! (He's always been such a trooper about getting his hair cut.) In fact, I'd even go so far as to say he kind of likes it. Either that or he just really loves getting a sucker at the end.

David showing off his new haircut. The hairdresser even used a little blue gel to style his hair, which David thought was really cool.

While walking out of Sports Clips, we noticed that there was a new Halloween store next door and we thought it would be fun to go inside and check it out. David loved all the kid customes and decided he wants to be Buzz Lightyear for halloween. I didn't buy the costume yet because I'm still afraid he's going to change his mind.

Some of the displays were pretty darn creepy. There were many displays where you could press a button and they would light up and talk and move. Even though David insisted we push every button in the store, they still made him a little scared.

And why wouldn't they?! They kind of creeped me out too. I felt that it was just a little too dark for my little guy's sweet, innocent eyes!

After we left the Halloween store, I decided to take David out to lunch and I had such a great time just visiting with David. Something, I realized, that I need to do more of. Just him and me.

The ladies that were working at Taco Time thought David was so cute with his little monkey. They came over and asked him about his monkey and later came back to bring him a little monkey mask for free! Super exciting indeed!

Being silly...

David is learning the letter B at preschool this week so we spent a few minutes finding all the letter B's we could find in the word search.

When we got home we took monkey on a little walk down to the park.

David remembered how we took panda to the park last year and wanted to bring monkey to the park to swing on the swings too. It was all he could talk about all day. It's funny how the little things are such BIG things to them.

After the park, David's buddy came out to play and they decided to ride bikes.

At bed time, David made sure to get monkey in his little pajamas, helped him brush his teeth, and read him a little story.

In the morning before school, David let monkey watch him play a little game on the computer. I think that we're going to miss monkey a little. We can't wait until he gets to visit again!