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Peter is a funny kid. He's amusing, certainly.

And he's quirky.

We have a leash backpack that looks like a monkey. Peter found it last week and has been wearing it and carrying it around since. The tail/leash portion is tucked away in a high drawer, so Peter has just been playing with the backpack part.

We went to the park in the late afternoon today. The skies were gloomy but the temperature was lovely and warm. The boys wore shorts. Peter walked into the living room prior to leaving and announced that he was ready to go. And, he added, he was going to look cool.

I turned from the diaper I was changing to look at Peter. He was wearing the monkey.

"Is it because you're wearing the monkey?" I asked.

"No," he said as if that was a silly question, "I'm wearing tall socks with my shorts. Some people think that's really cool."

Hmm... I hadn't heard that.

Later, while he was playing with some of the neighborhood kids at the park, a little boy looked at Peter's backpack and asked, "Why are you wearing a monkey?"

Peter didn't even look at his friend. He just replied in a nonchalant way, "Oh, because I found it in the jungle."