There's quite a story behind this post, so I'm going to backtrack a little. Laura had seen a new four foot sock monkey on ebay, and she mentioned this to her co-worker Michelle. Michelle is also addicted to sock monkeys, and Laura is her dealer of sorts. Last week, Laura ordered the sock monkey for Michelle after she enthusiastically gave the OK to go forward with the adoption.
Fast forward to Christmas Eve at the bank. Laura's head teller, Deb, brought in a gigantic wrapped present for her, and guess what was inside? It's the same sock monkey that Laura had found for Michelle on ebay! Apparently he was at our local Walmart as well. How Laura missed this at Walmart we'll never know. She normally has a very good radar for sock monkeys. Laura was giddy over having a third four foot sock monkey to add to her couch collection. She brought him home and proudly showed Mark, who didn't have much of a reaction. Hmm...
The reason why he didn't share in her excitement was because he also got her the same monkey at Walmart. He rode his "hog" (recumbent tricycle) all the way to the store to buy it for her. What a sight that must have been with the giant sock monkey in his storage basket! Laura said she is keeping them both because they are twins and can't be separated. The first twin "born" on Christmas Eve is Jarvis, and the second twin "born" on Christmas Day is Simon. His full name is Simon Key... SiMON KEY... get it? Mark said the other twin should have a mon name too, but the only thing Laura could think of was Damon which isn't a good monkey name in her opinion.
The day after Christmas, Michelle's ebay monkey arrived. Here he is before I liberated him from the plastic bag.

The twins have now become triplets! All of them are exactly one day apart. Here's the happy threesome posing on the couch.

Here are the silly boys mimicking the See No Evil, Hear No Evil and Speak No Evil monkeys.

The brothers meet Gunther.

How many giant sock monkeys does it take to fill up a couch? The answer is five. From left to right: Scarlet, Jarvis, Simon, Michelle's monk (name to be determined) and Gunther.