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Monkey

Posted on August 15, 2015 by annierhodeisland

Moonie has a new best friend: the monkey happily hanging by ribbons in the window of a local toy store. They giggle and chat through the glass with identical permanent smiles.

(“What’s your monkey friend’s name?” I asked Moonie.
“Mr. Monkey!” he exclaimed.
“Mr. Monkey is my father!” said his little friend. “Call me Monkey.”
“OK, Monkey!” said Moonie.
So there we have it.)

It turns out Monkey likes telling jokes as much as Moonie.

Monkey: “What do you call a monkey that sells potato chips?”
Moonie: “What?”
Monkey: “A chipmunk!”
Moonie: (hysterical laughter)
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Moonie at the Wheel

Posted on August 11, 2015 by annierhodeisland

Beware, drivers; Moonie is on the road.

Luckily, he’s too little to actually reach the pedals, or the wheel, or adjust the mirrors, or change gears.

He prefers to be a backseat driver instead. There’s nothing like hearing his high-pitched little troll voice squeaking out, “Are you going to let that big doofus pass you?” or “Whee, I love this song, turn it up!” as you’re commuting to and from work.
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Honeyglue

Posted on August 6, 2015 by annierhodeisland

Whoa. Guys.
Moonie and I just saw the most AMAZING film.

OK, I’ll back up. This week is the Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF), where hundreds of indie films are shown around our tiny state in just a few days. “Flickers,” as the festival is known, is in its 19th year, but this was Moonie’s first time attending. Even better, he was invited to attend the RIIFF premiere of “Honeyglue”, which features “Off the Trail,” our favorite song by local rootsy rockers The ‘Mericans, on its soundtrack.

We arrived at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Providence, where Moonie immediately fell in love with all the beautiful lights.

When I finally coaxed him away from the lights and inside, Moonie got a special surprise. Chris Daltry and Michael Moore of The ‘Mericans treated the “Honeyglue” audience – which included its director, James Bird, and its star, Adriana Mather – to a live performance of their fantastic song “Off the Trail” just before the movie started playing.

Kilwin’s

Posted on August 4, 2015 by annierhodeisland

There’s a heaven on earth, according to Moonie.

It’s called Kilwin’s, and they serve both ice cream and candy (chocolates and fudge), and although there are no Kilwin’s shops in Massachusetts and only one in Rhode Island (all the way down in Newport), there are bunches in Florida, and Moonie checked them out.

I thought I was going to have to give Moonie CPR when he realized that one single place had two of his very favorite things.

Then I thought his little mind was going to blow when told he had to pick ONE thing, either ice cream or candy, but not both.

There were tiny little beads of sweat running down his little face as he agonized over the decision.

He finally went with salted caramel fudge.

I think he’s pretty happy with his choice…Although he’s asking when we can go back to Kilwin’s, this time for ice cream.

Airplane!

Posted on August 3, 2015 by annierhodeisland

Last week, Moonie got to try a new mode of transportation: airplane! He was so excited.

He ran around T.F. Green airport, greeting all the people and admiring the funky artwork, like this overhead scuplture.

Then he ran around to all the windows in the airport asking, “Is that our plane? Is that one our plane?”
Even when there was no plane in sight.

He was even thrilled to pose for photos with trucks ’cause they’re “shiny like planes.”

Waffles

Posted on August 2, 2015 by annierhodeisland

One Sunday, I got the urge to make waffles. This made Moonie very, very happy. Ever since, he has woken me up on Sundays by doing little troll flips and cartwheels around my bed while shouting, “Waffles, waffles, waffles!”

When that doesn’t work, he’ll totter over carrying the bigger-than-him jug of syrup, grinning.

And when that doesn’t work, he’ll pull out his favorite waffle joke: “What do you call a waffle walking down the beach?”
“Sandy eggo!”

(Me: “Moonie, you’re supposed to say ‘San Diego’ and the joke is that it SOUNDS like ‘sandy eggo.'”
Moonie: “But if they sound the same, why can’t I say ‘sandy eggo’?”
Me: “You’re right. Sandy eggo it is.”)

The flips and jokes still don’t mean Moonie is guaranteed to get waffles. But today he did, and he’s been walking around with a big grin on his face and syrup on his chin for hours.

Haircut

Posted on July 29, 2015 by annierhodeisland

Moonie and I went for a haircut last week. Which meant I got the shampoo and trim and blow-dry while Moonie admired his rock-star locks in multiple mirrors under shiny lights. It was also a chance for him to hit on the “sexy brush,” as he calls her, and tell her some of his favorite haircut-themed jokes.

Moonie: “What did the bald man say when given a comb?”
Sexy brush: (silence)
Moonie: “I’ll never part with it!”
Sexy brush: (silence)
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The Land of Different Doughnuts

Posted on July 28, 2015 by annierhodeisland

Moonie is in Florida right now. He’s enjoying the little lizards but he’s very confused by the doughnuts, which aren’t his beloved Dunkin’ Donuts. They’re something totally different.

But then again, he’s Moonie. If it has sugar and carbs and fat, he’s going to embrace it.

Balloons

Posted on July 25, 2015 by annierhodeisland

Last month, Moonie received a special gift from a friend: balloons! One red and one yellow, or according to Moonie, 1/3 of a rainbow. He ecstatically starting pulling his balloons around wherever he went.

Of course, as many of us have discovered, balloons slowly leak air over time, wrinkling up and decreasing in size until we have no choice to toss them.

Moonie, on the other hand, still thinks his balloons are beautiful, even after he lost their ribbons. He is dragging the saggy little pair everywhere, just as excited about them today as the first time he laid eyes on them.

I don’t want to be the one to burst his bubble (heh), so I guess we’ll just see how little and wrinkly these things can get.

MASSive ComicCon

Posted on July 21, 2015 by annierhodeisland

Last month, Moonie and I got to attend the MASSive ComicCon in Worcester, MA.

It didn’t take Moonie long to make some friends.

Some were, well, not the nicest people in the world, but Moonie enjoyed meeting them anyway. Only he could giggle away with a gun pointed at his head. He told the joke about the crushed-looking bullet dragging himself in the door (“What happened to you?” asked the bullet’s concerned wife. “I got fired,” the bullet complained.)