The most entertaining thing kids can do is take a piece of information and give it a slight twist through a combination of imagination or not quiiiiite understanding distinctions.

I spent last weekend at my brother’s house, which meant lots of quality time with my niece and nephew.  They both just had birthdays, so I got now 3-year-old Mady a spider monkey stuffed animal from the National Zoo.  She started referring to it as “Spider Man Monkey” which clearly I could not endorse more:

No word yet if it has any super powers.

One night after her bedtime story I tried to get her to make the McKayla Maroney “not impressed” face.  You know, this one:

When I pulled out my phone to take a picture, she insisted I make a “Mady video” so she could see herself.  So obviously that happened:

In the end, I think we did okay, especially with the second picture:

Just so you don’t think he was neglected, here’s my equally funny nephew Colbert chillin in a tot-sized chair:

Part of the weekend included doing some work to get their house ready to sell.  The snake population in their backyard did not appreciate me revamping the brush/tree stump portion of the yard:

Fortunately, we were able to talk things out and nobody had to resort to biting.