There's a Monkey in Time-Out

Ummm...how hilarious is this? Last Sunday, Brian and I decided to make a day of it and go get Rylee's Halloween costume. We had planned to go and try them on at a few places and then go to Coldstone Creamery for a nice little night cap. Well, we hit up Old Navy and found the most rib-splitting costumes. I mean, how can you resist a two-year-old dressed like a skunk? Kind of ironic...considering what they already produce down there. We proceeded to pick out a few and all three of us on Team Neener went to the dressing room, generating looks from every Community College student with a headset who was doing "dressing room recovery."

Well, Brian and I could not stop laughing and you could probably hear our giggles ringing from the exposed warehouse rafters. The bellies on the costumes poked waaaaaay out and she looked like a Hershey's Kiss in every single outfit and the princess decided on the monkey ensemble complete with banana in her pocket. Yes, by the way, she is happy to see you. Well, she was as happy as a clam with her new purchase and, as promised, we had ice cream and sprinkles and went on to our home.

Of course, when we got home, Daddy and I whipped out our cameras and forced the little darling into her outfit for a fashion photoshoot. Rylee was not happy with us. It was all well and good until she tried to kick her Daddy, so then, we had to march right into time-out. People, you haven't lived until you have seen your two-year-old sitting in a red crayon themed time-out chair, kicking her bed, mitts folded, bottom-lip out, in a straight up monkey get up. I kept having to leave the room and laugh into a pillow. Imagine those big paw/feet trying to kick her bed and those little hands/mittens crossed over her chest in a huff.

Costume complete with fake banana from Old Navy: $15

Ice Cream for the Fam at Coldstone: $17

Trying to discipline a primate without peeing your pants: Priceless.