Monkey is Missing!!!!!

Collin still sleeps with Monkey at night. In the mornings, he will bring Monkey to the breakfast table to watch him eat his cereal. Then he and Monkey go to the couch to watch cartoons before going to school. Monkey is either put back to bed or left on the table before Collin gets in the car since we don't want to loose Monkey and don't want Collin to be that dependable on a stuffed animal.

At night, part of our routine is to make sure that we have Monkey before going to bed. Sometimes at in the middle of the night, Collin wakes me or daddy up if he cannot find Monkey in his bed. This usually happens when he is woken up because he has fallen out of bed (the mattress is still sitting on the ground so he does not "fall" far) or when he is turning over and cannot find Monkey when he does this.

WELL.......Monkey went missing tonight. All three of us looked everywhere around the house for about 30 minutes and could not find him. Collin was too cute because he was calling out "Monkey...were are you? Monkey!!" He told me to call for Monkey too and yell louder. Fortunately, he had Mickey Mouse that Mimi brought over. He has added Mickey to his night and morning routine for the last few days. I talked to Collin and told him that he had Mickey and he would be OK tonight. So far he has not woken up looking for him but he might forget Monkey is missing and ask for us to find him later tonight. Mimi is bringing the spare Monkey tomorrow. I bought a replica of "the" Monkey when I found it for moments like this.


Later: Daddy could not stand that Collin did not have Monkey. He searched and searched until he did find him hidden behind a large stuffed animal in Collin's room. Collin woke up this morning and Monkey was there. Thanks Daddy!