The monkey stakeout

Last night at about midnight Charlotte, bleary-eyed but excited, came out of her room and declared that she had seen a monkey outside her window!  "It kinda looked like a cat.  But like a monkey, too.  A cat-like monkey."  It probably was a cat, but there was no convincing her.

Then this morning the kids found monkey prints on the garden wall.  Oh, what joy!  What adventure!  A real monkey was here!!!!  

And if a real monkey was here then surely it will come back!  So, the kids started a stakeout.  They took out their field journals and drew the monkey prints and then started watching...and waiting...and watching.  There was a brief distraction caused by a couple of geckos under the car, but still they waited.  An hour later they had lunch.  Then another hour later mean mommy called them in for quiet time/nap time.  I think the plan is to resume the stakeout this afternoon and stay out until bath time.  No need to tell them that monkeys are not likely to come with four children playing and making a bunch of noise while waiting...