Some minor surgery

Each of my kids have their own special "lovey." That one stuffed animal that they can't live without. Their companion in good times and bad. Their ultimate source of comfort. Well, my mom gave Landon the cutest little monkey. The problem with this monkey is it has a long tail. This long tail is Landon's favorite part. He doesn't need a pacifier when this tail will do just fine. However, this tail never seemed to dry and consequently it had quite an odor. You know the kind of smell that a washcloth gets when it's been used one too many times and really needs to visit the washing machine. That's what this tail smelled like. No matter what I tried the smell would not go away. It culminated this past weekend when we were at my mother in law's place. She too tried a variety of cleansing and drying methods to get this tail to smell better. No luck. The inevitable had to happen. Just as a leg needs to be amputated because of gangrene so too the tail had to go!

Warning: This is not for the squeamish!
Monkey Before:


Evidence of the wet tail


Monkey after!


Someone said we should just get rid of the monkey, but this video is proof as to why we just couldn't do that.