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In light of Deby's question in the comment section, I thought I would tell you a little bit about those monkeys. Four years ago when we went on safari, we experienced the hippo pond on the border of Kenya and Tanzania. While there, I had the pleasure of feeding some crazy vervet monkeys. The guide said we weren't supposed to, but he let us feed them a few crackers. However, my dad and I were not so smart and got out the whole box. Monkeys aren't stupid, you know. One of the "ring leaders" thought it would be fun to start grabbing at the entire box, to which I responded by putting it on my head where it was "out of reach." Man, I am an idiot. The monkey began to climb up my back to take the box. My aunt was not so happy about that. She doesn't like monkeys and she doesn't trust them. Now I understand why.

Now, about this summer. Yes, the monkeys came to our neighborhood. Kelly has even experienced having a small black monkey on her kitchen table. I really wish I could have been there for that event. The monkeys only came to the compound this summer and ran back and forth on top of the houses. They were tiny vervet monkeys wanting to eat the loquats (some fruit tree, not sure of the spelling). The dogs on the compounds were going nuts. Also, we went to the Ngong Forest one Saturday for Ethan to participate in a bike-a-thon race thing. The Ngong Forest has 3-5 troups of baboons. They showed up near the food tent! It was hilarious to see them walk out of the forest. My grandma said it looked like they were having a convention. They were EVERYWHERE! While we were waiting for Ethan to finish the race, Isaac wanted to go play with the "kikis." He had no fear and started running toward them. Kelly was almost to a panic state. I got a bit scared too. They just lurked around the bananas and apples. It was great fun. Unfortunately, those pictures are still in Africa, so until they make it to my computer, you will just have to use your imagination.