Monkeyshines

Author: James

  • Little Monkey’s Downfall

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    The Little Monkey is rather adept at plucking the top cup from a stack; but the subsequent delighted leg-kick is his, and the tower’s, downfall… (It’s a bit of a shame that the bib obscures his smart shirt, which makes him look awfully grown up; but he’s currently dribbling at a Premiership level, so bibs…

  • Birth of a Little Book Person

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    As Mrs. Monkeyshines and I are raging bibliophiles, we thought that the Little Monkey might have a love of books in his genes. I didn’t realise, however, that ‘Book People’ are literally (re-)born, kicking and thrashing, into the world…

  • A Life on the Stage Beckons

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    Apologies for the dearth of posts lately, have been busy helping the Little Monkey to learn lines for his upcoming role as Professor Quirrell in the local Mums-and-Babies production of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. His audition for the part of a baby Cap’n Jack Sparrow, in a flashback in the next of the…

  • The Horror of Yoghurt

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    Ever since I was a little monkey myself, I’ve had a pathological hatred of yoghurt. Even typing the word makes me feel a bit queasy. A whiff of the wretched stuff from across the other side of the room will turn my stomach. I don’t even like watching other people eat it. I was hoping…

  • Munching Monkey

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    The Little Monkey has recently started monkey-led weaning, which has been fun for all of us. Sure, it’s a bit messy, but we’re fortunate enough to have an autonomous furry vacuum cleaner who helps to clear up the scraps. And it was a little alarming the first few times he gagged on a morsel of…

  • Little (Monkey) Chef

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    We acquired the chef’s shirt in these photos from a friend, before the Little Monkey was born. I’ve been dying to see him in it, because, for some reason, I love the fact that it not only has a nice picture of some cheese, it informs you that it is ‘200g cheese’. I cannot explain…

  • Christmas Monkey Shines

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  • Merry Christmas!

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  • Waiting For The Beat To Kick In

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    While watching Harvey with Mrs. Monkeyshines recently, one of Elwood P. Dowd’s lines struck me as a nice complementary quote to the one in a Kurt Vonnegut book which I wrote about before. And since such thoughts seem appropriately Christmassy, and because I’ve been listening to Dan Le Sac/Scroobius Pip lately, I was minded to…

  • The Grisly Dribbly Truth

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    As a proud father, I’m unashamed about the generally hagiographic tone of my blog posts about the Little Monkey. But I feel the need to balance out his up-coming über-cute Christmas pictures; plus I don’t want it to seem like parenthood is one long chuckle-filled, gleeful picnic (else how will he appreciate our hard work…