Sock Monkey Wrangling Part Two:

When we last left off, Nyx the demonic pixie had brought the sock monkeys to the cemetery to let them run around and burn off some energy. Monkeys, even those of the sock variety, are prone to mischief, and that's exactly what PJ and Alice got up to!

*Push*

Oops! Hide it, maybe she won't see!

PJ and Alice did their best to look innocent and hide the fallen stone, but Nyx had seen it all. It's one thing to push other monkeys around, but they had damaged property! There was only one thing to be done.

Nyx and Omar delivering the punishment

Nyx wasn't going to let the monkeys get away with breaking stones*, so while the other monkeys continued their monkey games with glee, it was off to time out for PJ and Alice.

*Pout*

Once the monkeys had sat for a little while, and realized what they had done was wrong (okay, a fairly long while) they promised to behave themselves and were allowed out of time out to play with all the other monkeys. It's a good thing too, because next, it was a trip to the playground!

Everyone say bananas!

The playground is much better suited to a bunch of rambunctious monkeys than a cemetery, and Nyx didn't want anymore accidental acts of vandalism. The monkeys could get into all sorts of things at the playground without worry.

Ready? Set?

*Whee!!!*

Alice, feeling bad about her previous misbehavior was a very well behaved little monkey at the playground. She did her very best to show Nyx she was sorry.

See? I'm a well behaved monkey!

Forgiveness was quickly granted. Even a demonic pixie can't stay mad at an adorable sock monkey for very long, and soon Alice was off exploring the playground like all the other monkeys (and a few small humans as well).

Can you see me?

Even Omar, the perpetually perturbed and rather upset eyeball got into the "fun" of things.

Oh, what fun. Can I get off now?

Poor Omar! Forced to enjoy himself and take a ride on the swings! And then... horrors! The slide!

*WHEEE!!!!*

Omar may have been covering his eye, but all the other monkeys, and even Nyx had fun playing! Even though she tried to be too cool for it, the monkeys won out and got Nyx to play with them and have a good time. Sock monkeys are very, very good at bringing out the kid in everyone-- even teenage demonic pixies.

When I got home, the monkeys were all snoozing around the house, all of their excess energy burned off and the house surprisingly quiet despite being filled with sock monkeys. Nyx was paid, and I think slightly disappointed that some of the monkeys will be going off to new homes very soon. However, I'm sure that in a little while, there will be even more monkeys for her to "have" to babysit.

The Details:

Cast:
Monkey Maker: Angela
Nyx the Demonic Pixie: Valtinen
Monkeyville Sock Monkeys
Omar the Upset Eyeball

Locations:
Monkeyville Headquarters, North Attleboro, MA
Newell Cemetery, Attleboro, MA
La Salette Shrine Playground, Attleboro, MA

*NOTHING was harmed during the photo shoot or in the making of this blog post. The headstone was already fallen when we got there. In fact, Valt is an expert on cemeteries and their restoration and runs Cemetery Hunters. 

Sock Monkey Wrangling Part One: Nyx the Demonic Pixie Babysitter

It's been a while, hasn't it?

I'm sorry about that, but I have an excuse reason. A very good one too! I have a day job that requires I spend about 13 hours of the day out of the house. Normally, this isn't so bad because the nice people at The Artful Phoenix here in North Attleboro have been watching over all the sock monkeys and making sure that they don't get into trouble and that they get adopted out to nice people. Unfortunately, The Artful Phoenix is closing its doors at the end of this month, so I had to bring all of the monkeys home with me.

Now, it's one thing to have a monkey or two in the house because Eli and Sirus could look after them until they went to their new home. Now though, Eli and Sirus are heavily outnumbered until I can get all of the monkey's photos taken and them listed on Etsy. After a couple days of coming home to ALL of the bananas in the house eaten and peels everywhere, I had to resort to desperate measures.

I called the Boogie Man of course.

What? You don't have the Boogie Man on speed dial? He's quite useful for wrangling little monkeys of any type! Unfortunately, he's been a bit overworked with a gig rattling pipes and jangling chains. All was not lost though, and arrangements were made for a substitute sock monkey sitter.

A thoroughly stressed Monkey-Maker and Eli greet the sitter... and are quite surprised

The Boogie Man couldn't come, the Scissor Man was just a bit too scary for the monkeys, but Boogie Man's little sister was available, and since there's not a lot of money to be made in the Boogie Man industry, she was, well... not exactly happy, but willing to look after the monkeys for a little while.

Just call me Nyx.

Apparently the Boogie Man's little sister is a demonic pixie named Venyx Malvelius. All little siblings are a bit demonic anyway, right?* I'm a huge Terry Pratchett fan, so the pixie bit didn't surprise me at all. The Boogie Man is in charge of the Tooth Fairy franchises. I checked the monkeys reaction to their new sitter.

Surprise? Shock? There expressions were a bit... woolen

Introductions were made and though slightly wary, the Monkey-Maker, Eli, and Sirus left the rest of the monkeys in Nyx's care and went out for a day of relaxation. The monkeys were a bit wary at first, they had never seen a demonic pixie before. After a little bit of hesitation, they greeted their new sitter in typical sock monkey fashion.

Monkey snuggle!!!

 Poor Nyx, apparently the Boogie Man hadn't warned her just how difficult it is to wrangle monkeys! I hope the minimum wage she'd be getting would be worth the snuggles!

Omar the Upset Eyeball is not amused.

Nyx was left with some pretty simple instructions, just take the monkeys out for a bit so they can play, and make sure that they don't get into trouble. The monkeys have a lot of extra energy now that they've been hanging around the house, and I was hoping a good day out would help them burn it off. Nothing a demonic pixie couldn't handle.

Demonic pixie teenagers are still teenagers

Nyx brought the monkeys to a cemetery not too far from Monkeyville headquarters, and while the monkeys don't mind hanging out in cemeteries at all, it may not have been the best choice for an inattentive babysitter to bring a bunch of rambunctious monkeys!

This doesn't seem like the best idea...

While Nyx talked and talked and talked, the monkeys ran around and played some typical monkey games. These are better than reindeer games because all the monkeys get to play regardless of their nose color.
There was some hide and seek:

Stella got picked first to count.

Can you spot all the monkeys?

The monkeys did their best to get Nyx off the phone and playing games with them. They were even nice enough to make sure that she would win. Maybe a bit too easy, but Nyx was a good sport. 

Found you. Duh.

Of course, an outing with sock monkeys always has a bit of mischief involved, and Alice and PJ got up to a bit of no good. However, that will have to wait for the next Sock Monkey Monday next week.

*Alright, being an older sibling, I might be a wee bit biased on that.