I can remember the exact location and moment when Lindsay shouted across the street, in the midst of our kid chaos, the idea that started it all.  Born out of necessity (aka seriously grubby toddlers) she said "we need a bib that folds up that we can keep on our keychains!"  Don't tell her, but I thought at the time, great idea "I'm sure someone will do it someday!"

There we were, slightly smarter, wiser, driven and slightly more exhausted with 5 kids total!  But we forged on!  Every day, our dreams (and gallons of coffee)  propelled us to work hard, pray hard, and dream big, no, dream huge!!!



Remember when you were a new parent you "knew it all"??  You had goals, direction, plans and you knew exactly what your child would be doing 10 years from now?  Then crazy enough, and much to your dismay, Jr. doesn't act, do, or follow any of your "perfect plans"?  Well, Earth Monkeys is that child.  We've had moments when we pretty much knew where we were going to be in 10 years, and we had a clear path to get there.  We had our dreams written out, our goals defined, and the hutzpah (love that word!)  to make it all come together!  Funny how dreams change!  Somedays we are amazed at what these two simple, busy, completely slightly crazy moms have accomplished with out even a real college degree between us.. and somedays we feel buried in what we still need to do!  The one thing that never waivers though, is the love we have for the connection we have made with all of you.  YOU make us feel sane, YOU make us feel like we will survive this thing called mother hood, and YOU remind us that we are not alone.  We never dreamed that we could become this passionate about wanting to see other women succeed, to grow and to come together!  We want to see your dreams come true, just like we want our dreams to come true with Earth Monkeys.   We adore getting to "hang" with all of you, we soak it all in and love it all!   Anyway, We are talking about dreams here...



Earth Monkeys as a company has grown, and we thank every customer that supports us, and every mom that uses our products and tells your friends about us!  This last year has been a year of growth as a company, but more importantly, growth personally!  We are in the production stages of our next 3 products and the new direction that we are taking EM feels like a 180 degree turn.  But we are stoked, we are excited to give other moms a chance to jump on board this crazy ride with us...but that is all we can say (for now anyway).  It's a dream, a big hurkin scary dream...we can't wait to tell you what is next for us, but if we told you everything, then you wouldn't have anything to lose sleep over!  (bwahahahah).

It's time once again to make you feel better about yourself as mothers! We do our best to corrupt you with our true sometimes icky confessions so you won't feel like you have to pretend to  have it all together. It's just an added perk of following our little blog:) hehe... Today we'd like to introduce the first of what's sure to be a long term series of posts... "You Might Be An Earth Monkey Mom If..." So sit back and bask in the glamorous life that a true Monkey Mom leads!

1. Your sink is not only full of dishes, but also a ball, a toy car and color crayons...


2. You think you brushed your teeth this morning...wait, was that yesterday?


3. You can't remember your name, but your pretty sure it's not , mommy, mommy, MOMMY!!!


4. Every time you reach into a pocket it contains a used snotty tissue.


5. Your idea of exercise is showering with a toddler on your hip.


6. Your favorite extra curricular activity is sleep!


7. Your favorite accessory is a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser.


8. You consider going to the grocery store alone better than a day at the spa!


9. The artwork on your wall looks like a 5 year old did it; wait, a 5 year old did do it!


10. You don't remember the color of your fridge, carpet or couch and we don't have to explain why...


11. You have a sign in your entry that reads "I cleaned my house 5 minutes ago; sorry you missed it!"


12. You pick out your outfit for the day from what's laying on the ground beside your bed and you may or may not have had to scrap the kid crusties off before wearing it... 


13. You have to use a spatula to scrape your counters off before you can wipe them down.


14. You've ben wearing the same toenail polish since October and just keeping painting layers over the chips.


15. Not even Mr. Clean Magic Eraser and fingernail polish remover can get the permanent marker of your wall and fridge.


16. You know what a "mommy tuck" is. (See this link if you are skinny and don't know what that means like flippen Gena!)


17. You've ever said, "Ugghh!! Who just pooped on the floor?"


18. You and your kids have had a "pajama day" for two or more days in a row.


19. You've re-worn the same make-up two days in a row... (Don't judge me...)


20. You're car smells like McDonald's French Fries and spoiled milk.


21. You've ever found an older dirty diaper in your purse, trunk or dirty clothes hamper.


22. When you clean your house your family asks "Why?" or "Is someone is coming over?"


23. You're husband has to ask you to "please shave your legs."


24. Your children ask when you are going to be "nice mommy again"


25. And Finally YOU MIGHT BE AN EARTH MONKEY MOM if your child has ever yelled the unsavory word/phrase in public that you said in the car right before you took them into a very busy store... (you'd think I'd learn after 2 or 3 times... noop)