Welcome to the Jungle, Baby!

That's right, today B-mo and I went back into our native habitat and did some "jungle fever" action! What's that? Er, Brian said maybe I shouldn't use that exact term....whatever. We were exploring the garden...um....jungle, I mean.

I know these hats aren't really "jungle-ready", but I seemed to have misplaced my Pith helmet. That's probably for the better, though, seeing as I can't go for 3 minutes with out giggling about the name. Man, it is really lush and green in here...steamy too! B-man said that we must be spoiled with the air-conditioning, and I think he's right! Everything is very beautiful though. Let's see if we can find a banana bush! Bush, tree, banana-vine, whatever the hell they grow on!

Bernardo took some time to smell the flowers. He is quite up on his botanical facts. He said that he believed the flower in this pic is a Day Lily. They don't have any particular smell. I gave one a sniff and promptly had a bug fly up my nose. Weak.

I think we found a banana tree. The bananas don't appear to be ripe yet, but that's OK...we likes em tangy! Bernardo is going to try and snag a couple for us.

Whew! Apparently B-mo isn't as knowledgeable as I thought. He took a big bite of "banana" and I thought he was going to explode....smoke was coming out his ears! Seems that it was some kind of hot pepper! I tried to be helpful and farted on him, but he was NOT very appreciative, so I left in a huff and pouted for a bit.

Hey, look at me! I'm a hippy! Bernardo forgave me and we explored even more. I found this sweet flower and put it in my hat. He said that I look like Minnie Pearl, but I don't know who that is. She must have a bitchin' hat though!

Then I farted.

It was a fun adventure, but we are tuckered out...man, the jungle is HOT. We're heading inside to catch our suds 'n' bubbles and perhaps a short nap. Gotta be ready for tonight...there's an Iron Chef marathon on!

Till then, remember kids:

mmmmuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnnnnnnnkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyy.

When Jen is away

The monkeys will play.  

Oh, yeah!  Jen is off to work and we are here a playing!  We found these in the sock drawer and she's not going to be home until 5:00.  Kick butt, we get to play all day.  Being a monkey rocks!

Arts and Crafts

Since Jen goes back to full time life on Monday we decided to dig through some of her arts and crafts stuff before it heads back to school and see what we can make.  We decided on these:

We found all kinds of cool sticky letters and shapes.  I had to help Guillermo work on his sign.  He kept trying to put all the stickers on him and not his project.  I didn't want to hear him whine after the last time he got into the stickers.  Once I showed him that post and the outcome of destickering, he settled down and got to work.

They are going to be placed in our executive suites so we know who sleeps where.  I think they turned out pretty good.  What do you think?

Friday Foto Finish 8.15

I absolutely love this photo because I wasn't the one who took it.  I just found it on the computer after my hubby did the post Monkey Spulunkey.  This one he obviously had plans for but he didn't make get it into the post. 

I am getting ready to hand over the minkee blog rights to him for a while as I go back to full time employment on Monday and BLOGGER IS BLOCKED.  I may need a support group!

Make sure to stop by Candid Carrie to see who is playing in this weeks Fx4.  Good times will be had by all!

Munkey Spelunkey

Hello all!
This week G-mo and I had a great adventure. After the power outage a few weeks ago, we got pretty good with these flashlight thingies, so we decided to go caving. That's right: an adventure into the underworld, the depths of the Earth, into the ebony darkness. Or, as Jen and Brian call it: the Basement. Guillermo is a little afraid of the dark (though of course he would NEVER admit to it), so I let him take the bigger flashlight. He could barely carry the damn thing! We strapped on our Easter Egg......er....caving helmets, and down we go!






And so we descend! Looks pretty scary.....hmmmm

First we explored some sort of mesa or plateau. It was a strange reddish color, and had little cubby holes (just our size). Weirdest of all were some strange fossilized spheres that we could roll around on the ground. Guillermo was quite enamored with them, and I had to remind him: "Take only pictures, leave only footprints!" Here is a picture of him sniffing one...go figure.

Another suprising find: a yoga mat in the cave. How odd...do cavemen do yoga? Either way, it was a good stop for a rest and stretch. I did a little Down Dog while Guillermo played with.....Hey monkey, put that artifact back where you got it! I swear, you can't take him anywhere. Don't know where the mat came from....Jen, I hope it isn't yours, as it is quite dusty and cobwebby...you had better get back to practicing if so!

Some strange, cuniform, rune-like writings on the cave floor. I tried to decipher it, but my Egyptian is pretty rusty. G-unit tried to help by "putting some light on the subject", but after he swung his flashlight my way, all I could see was a big, green dot! I'm suprised he didn't set my fur on fire with that damn floodlight.

We had a major scare down there. Suddenly we were swarmed by huge mutated cave bugs! I ate a couple, but they tasted yucky. I decided that Guillermo and I would stand and FIGHT!

Umm....Guillermo.....?


Guillermo....?? Where is that little turd?

Whew...that was a close one! I though the mocha minkee had deserted me, but he climbed up onto the mesa and used his banana powers to jump off the cliff and perform a manuver he calls "The Crop-Duster". I won't go into detail, except that it was pretty spectacular (and smelly) and that it seemed to have the desired effect!

Some sort of strange contraption...we got into the little "cars" but couldn't get them started. We tried pushing them, hotwiring, everything! Guillermo even got into his and went "Rummmmm....Rummmmmm". No dice.

This place is CRAZY! Another plateau....this one is green and has white lines on it. It appears to be some sort of ancient minkee-sized tennis court, but the rackets are huge! I tried an Andre Aggassi victory net jump, but kind of wiped out. G-mo was playing John MacEnroe and stood on the sidelines cursing up a blue streak. Then he found more balls...

Our triumphant return to the surface! We were all squinty and cob-webby, but all in all, it was a great adventure! Exciting, scary at times, but we learned much about this netherworld underneath our feet. Above all, we were carefull not to disturb this ancient region, so that future generations will be able to explore........GUILLERMO! PUT THAT BACK!

Award Love

We came back from vacation last week to some award love from Mama Dawg!  Personally it is our favorite so far.  We would have written about it right away, but a wire was cut in our area and we were internet free for a quite a while.

With that said... Do you know any bloggers that kick ass?

Maybe they've got incredible, original content. Or they're overflowing with creativity. Is it someone that helps you become a better blogger? Or a bloggy friend you know you can count on? Or maybe it's someone who simply inspires you to be a better person... or someone else who sends you to the floor, laughing your ass off.

Whatever the reason may be, I'm sure you know at least a couple of bloggers that kick ass. Well... why not tell 'em so?

In no particular order I would like to nominate Rachel from I'm a mom in real life for her daily dose of hilarity.

Lex the mom over at The Life and Crimes of a Mom simply because in a word, she rocks!

E & K at Subtle Bliss for keeping us updated about their time in India and for all things yoga.

And since I am tired AND like to break the rules the first two people to comment on this post can grab it as well.  

Thanks again Mama Dawg!

Helping out

With summer vacation winding down, we decided to help Jen out (while shes shopping for school supplies) by working on her knitting. Bernardo is doing the actual knitting while I read him the pattern. We even have a marker to keep our place.

Apparently this guy shes knitting is named Feathers McGraw, whoever that is. He's looks like a penguin with a red rubber glove on his head. Weird, why would you want to put a rubber glove on your head? Some animals are just plain strange. We just hope he doesn't stay around too long. He kinda creeps us out!

Friday Foto Finish 8.8

This weeks entry for Candid Carries Friday Foto Finish Fiesta is this lovely we took this week on vacation.  My husband did an awesome job taking it so the flash doesn't show.  The background is of the Galena Territory which is in a word, beautiful.

The reason I like this one so much is because it looks like it has a fake done with photoshop.  Thanks for visiting and we look forward to viewing your entries for this week as well.

Hey Ladies....

Hey there!  Looking for something to this evening?  Well, Jen, Brian and a few of the clan are going out for the evening and we thought we would throw a party!  There is just a tiny bit of margarita mix left, so byob.

Get ready to party on down.  Unfortunately we don't have our address, so just wander around Galena Territory for a while until you find us.  We'll be the ones hooting it up.

Jen, is there a disco ball?

Its Party Time

As soon as we made it up to Galena we just new what time it was.  Two words..... Party Time!  We found ourselves a couple of glasses and waited for Jen and Brian to pour us a few.  Which, by the way, didn't happen.  Those guys suck sometimes!  We made the most out of it though.  We went exploring the house while they brought in the bags and unloaded the groceries.  We were going to offer to lend a hand, but decided we needed to find all the cool things in the house first.

The first thing we saw when we made it to the basement was a fooze ball table.  We went into action  and played a few rounds.  In the end I got my butt kicked by Bernardo.  That minkee can play! 

 

Oh yeah, thats right.  I kicked Guillermo's tiny minkee butt at that game.  He was all whiney and crying, so I suggested we go over to the air hockey table and play a few.  Well, maybe that wasn't such a good suggestion.....

OMG!!!!!  Do you know what happens when you turn on an air hockey table?!?  Air comes shooting out of the little holes and makes things on the table float..... Including little 12" tall minkees.  You should have seen us flying across the table.  One time I was in perfect position and I farted in Bernardo's face which sent my flying across to the other side.  He however was not happy with me and I need to go make it up to him soon...

After play time was over (and I apologized a gazillion times)  we headed upstairs to take a nap in our room.  Who knew that playing could be so tiresome?  

Never let a monkey....

Fix their own boo boos!  

Fictional ones or not!

(You can't see it, but Guillermo has one on his butt too!)

Poopsies!!!

OMG!!!!  Look what we found at Poopsies in Galena!!!!!  Rainbow Monkey Bandages!!!!!!!!  I can't believe it.  

And it came with a free monkey toy with a fez!!!  I think it is playtime!
Jeeeeeennnnnn, Bernardo pushed me and I have an cut.  I need a band aide!

Getting Ready for Galena

We are getting ready to head off to Galena for the week.  It is a great little town with lots of cool shops.  I personally am looking forward to going to Poopsies.  Yep, that is the name of an actual store up there.  I can't say it without giggling!  

Speaking of giggling, Jen hasn't stopped since she came into the room and saw this.  I just wanted to be sure to take my goggles so I can go swimming.  Jen tells me I can't go, but I am going to work my little monkey mojo.  I think I can convince her. Wish me luck!

Monkey Q & A

Its time for this weeks installment of Ask A Monkey. Our first question comes from N.

N said...

Guillermo and Bernardo, Any luck with the lady minkees? They must be elusive 'round those parts. And by "parts" I mean....your little minkee harbles.

Collective Answer:  We would like to have some ladies around here, but Jen refuses to make any.  Something about little baby monkeys running around.  We're not anatomically correct lady.  And N, what do you mean by 'harbles'?  If its what we think it is we once again say we're not anatomically coorect.  We may have doodles, but really they are just our tails.

Jen said...

So, what celebrity monkeys do you have a crush on?

Guillermo says: Here are my top 10

1. Kate from Lost (I'd like to traverse the jungle with her if you know what I mean!!!)

2. Corey from Hell's Kitchen (she can cook for me anytime!)

3. Padma from Top Chef (hubba hubba)

4. Rachel Ray (YUMMO!)

5. Sarah Michelle Gellar (She can slay me anytime!)

6. Jessica Biel (run from the chainsaw, run)

7.  Lois Griffin (she is one saucy cartoon hotty!)

8.  Alicia Silverstone (that sexy PETA)

9.  Anna Paquin (She can try to drain my power, if she dares!)

10.  Rachael Bilson (the OC the size of little ol' me!!!!)

Bernardo Says:  My Top 10 Are:

1. Cat Cora (Greek Goddess of Gastronomy)

2.  Giada DeLaurentiis (Italian beauty)

3.  Stephanie our new Top Chef (I'll help you start a new restaurant!!!)

4.  Jessica Alba (lasso wielding vixon)

5. Elisha Cuthbert (I wish she lived next door!)

6.  Ali Larter (You can be my hero anytime)

7.  Jennifer Connelly (Best scene ever, when she is singing in Dark City.  Hoo, hoo, hoo)

8.  Eliza Dushku (I can turn this bad slayer good)

9.  Heidi Klume (have you seen the VS adds.  MEOW!)

10.  Megan Fox (the smokin chickie from Transformers.  Bernardo like!)

We thought we would add a little of why we like them.  Not monkeys, but I sure bet they would love a little knit monkey like us!

As always, you have a question, why not ask a monkey.  Instructions are on the right sidebar.  Email your questions to monkeyqanda at gmail dot com.

We look forward to your entries.

Home Alone

Well, Jen and Brian left for vacation so we did what we felt was necessary.  We donned some undies, hopped on the couch and grabbed the remote.  Bernardo is on a recon mission to get some beer from the fridge.  I hope he has the arm strength to get it open.

Well, that was a wash.  That fridge door was too hard to open.  We'll have to make do without any.  Lets see if there are any R rated movies on that we normally don't get to watch.....
What was that sound?!?  Is that the garage door opening?!?  They aren't gone yet.  Hide the Cheetos!  Get out of these undies before Brian sees us and makes fun....  "Oh, hello Jen....  What are we doing?  Um, just hanging out.  We thought you were gone...... Oh, you don't leave until Monday.....  We get to go with you on vacation!  Awesome!" 

***Since we will be in town tomorrow, we are still taking entries for our Sunday Special Segment Series of Ask A Monkey.  See the right sidebar for details.***

Friday Foto Finish 8.1

Mmmmmonkey Butts. This is one of my favorite fotos of the two little guys. I am sure that there was some sort of Food Network show on. They are actually lying on my meditation pillow (which I was sitting on before I got up to grab something quick).

Well, you can't show the backside without the front, so here it is. Aren't they just adorable.
Don't forget to participate in this weeks foto finish fiesta over at Carrie's Place.

Side Note: We will be on vacation next week, but we do have most of our posts ready to go up at 7:00 AM for the week. We will catch up on our comments and our favorite blogs when we get back on Friday.