Sydney Monkeys Around and Turns 7!!!

Meet Mikayla the Chimpanzee. Sydney wanted her birthday with the monkeys so Keith called around and actually found a place in Festus MO that had several chimpanzees and monkeys and you could come for a party and tour thier facilities. I was amazed and it had been there for 40 years. Monkeys in our own backyard, who ever knew. We took 10 giggling girls and they all had a blast. When the first chimpanzee "Eric" came slamming into the window to scare the girls they got so excited and were screaming so hard. The owner said that this only helps to get the chimps more excited and boy were they ever. They would get swinging on their ropes and then all of a sudden they would jump into the window to scare the girls and get a startle out of them. It was really funny to see. Then we got to go into the room to meet Mikayla. She is a 2 year old chimp and very cute. She walked around the room playing with her toys and playing with the girls. It was very cute. Gabby asked about a million times if we could get a chimp. I think I was that way at her age too. The girls kept telling Sydney "Thank you so much for inviting me to such a cool party." She was very proud.

Showing off his smile that he does for greeting cards. We found out that several of the chimps here have been in movies, on greeting cards, or in the circus. I guess they have to earn their living somehow.