Monkeyshines

Category: Paternal Thoughts

  • Yakety Twins

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    I mightn’t post here very often these days, but when I do… Gold. Solid gold…

  • Dinosaur adventures

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    This blog has lain rather fallow since the arrival of the Twin Monkeys; they and the Little Monkey have been keeping us busy, as this video attests… It features “Andy” going on a dinosaur adventure to find some pumice, which is why I am both a T. rex and Hatty, a female Australian archaeologist…

  • How Geeks Get Twins

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  • The Arrival of Twin Monkeys

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    Robin Oliver and George Arthur were born at 11:32am and 11:33am, respectively, on Wednesday 27th August 2014, tipping the scales at 6lb 5oz and 6lb 6oz.

  • Am I a believer? Why, yes I am, thanks for your kind enquiry.

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    The Little Monkey’s dance moves have largely lain dormant after his early promise. He’s always been fairly good at following instructions, and his dingle-dangle-scarecrowing is exemplary; but it’s only very recently that he’s started busting out his joyous freestyle moves. The music, by the way, is EMF with Vic & Bob; their new sit-com may…

  • Little Monkey Games

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    It’s interesting how things seem to suddenly just ‘click’ with the Little Monkey. Until recently, he’s been a bit ambivalent about jigsaw puzzles; he’d do a few two-piece ones in a desultory manner, but that’d be it. But he received a 30-piece puzzle (a police mise en scene) for Christmas, which he loves doing, and…

  • The footballing skills of the young Father Christmas

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    The young Father Christmas showed some footballing promise, but his raw talent was at the mercy of his wild temperament…

  • A Christmas Monkey

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    The Little Monkey has spent much of the last two weeks in his Father Christmas outfit, and enjoys delivering presents down imaginary chimneys. He does a very sweet thing when pretending, where he repeats the verb describing what he’s doing; for example, when pouring tea he’ll say “pour, pour, pour”, and when putting trains in…

  • Little Monkese

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    As I was writing the subtitles for the charming Little Monkey’s most recent video, I realised how much translating Mrs. Monkeyshines and I do, without really thinking about it. It’s like he has his own dialect, Little Monkese, that takes some getting used to. Of course, many of the Little Monkey’s pronouncements require a knowledge…

  • Tree Fu Toby’s Magic Moves

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    No sooner than I had carved a Pootle Pumpkin, the Little Monkey found a new hero in Tree Fu Tom… (In case you’re wondering, the Little Monkey has borrowed a “train driver’s” hat from Mrs. Monkeyshines, and the sponge he’s holding is a steering wheel…)