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#theusualbanter
#momlife
#rollingonthefloorlauging
The senior monkey(eight-year-old) is on an exercising spree these days. All day, you can see him rolling on the carpet practicing some antic or another.![🐵](https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/13.1.1/1f435/32.png)
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“Mom, mom, look … look,” he goes. “Look at my front-roll, look at my back-roll.” He waves at me.
I tear my eyes away from the line I have been trying to read for the last fifteen minutes but can’t because of the ungodly noise.
My literary pursuits have to wait for a more opportune moment. I close the book and dedicate all my attention to the senior monkey.![🤷🏻♀️](https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/13.1.1/1f937_1f3fb_200d_2640_fe0f/32.png)
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“Did you see… huh … huh?” He says.
I nod in affirmation, but my eyes are stuck at the posture the little monkey(four-year-old)has acquired. ![🧐](https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/13.1.1/1f9d0/32.png)
![🧐](https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/13.1.1/1f9d0/32.png)
She has wrapped herself in a blanket in such a way that only her head is visible outside.
She notices me staring and decides to bestow a moment of rare wisdom to the unenlightened souls around her.![😅](https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/13.1.1/1f605/32.png)
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“Uh, I am doing a Kathi roll.”![🤪](https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/13.1.1/1f92a/32.png)
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Of course. There shouldn’t have been a doubt? Right?![🤣](https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/13.1.1/1f923/32.png)
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Eh, Kathi roll, anyone?![😅](https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/13.1.1/1f605/32.png)
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Picture Credit- Matthew Henry (Unsplash)