and I can't even see them!! I only hear about them, nonstop this afternoon. I realized it was a problem when I heard myself tell Cooper, "You've got to stop talking, you're driving me crazy." I said it very calmly, but still, what a thing to say to a little boy! The trouble started a while ago when an unsuspecting fly flew past Cooper's ear. He heard it buzz and has been a bit paranoid ever since. He calls most flying things "bees" considering we've taught him that bees buzz and that's the sound he hears when a fly passes by. He also knows butterflies and is slightly less wary of them.
He went out back to play today while I got some work done, that was the idea anyway, but then the bugs, oh, the bugs. He's so dramatic, where does he get that?! "Mom, a bug! Scared me!" My reply: Bugs aren't scary, they're friendly, go tell the bug hello. "Oh!" What a brilliant idea, back outside he goes. "Mom, bug all gone! Where bug go, mom?" Good grief, do you want the bugs or not? Just go play, the bugs won't hurt you. "If a bug comes, just show him your bubbles. everything will be fine." About five times in-and-out-of-the-door later, we settled on staying in for a while. Playing outside was not helping me get any work done! So we looked at a bug on the outside of the sliding glass door for a few minutes. We decided it was tiny, therefore not scary. "Tiny bug mom, so cute." said with a sweet little squished up face.
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Wow I'm proud of you for getting that out. I feel your pain sister. Believe me, I feel your pain. I'm sitting here in a messy house that I really should clean, but it's so bad it's overwhelming because I'm trying to be a nice mom. My husband is also busy providing. And really, it doesn't matter if you have 1 child or 10. Kids seem to take all the attention they can get. Good Luck with the elk head. Do you have a garage or something?
I love your vent, Amberly. I seriously love it, fully knowing that I should be more compassionate, but fully feeling relief that I'm not the only one who feels the chaos of it all. As for Pete, e-mail me and I'll send you a picture of what my older sister has to put up with in her family room. It is overwhelmingly tragic. amhend@hotmail.com
It always feels better to get it on paper or in this case blogged! I feel your frustrations...hopefully you are feeling better post blog!
It seems like we go through the bug freak out fest for the first couple months of spring/summer every year. We had to actually paint our daughter's room a different color once to appease her -- there had been a fly in her room and she was sure it would come back unless her room was another color. She was only 2 -- crazy that we gave in. But, you do what you have to do sometimes.
It's good to let the frustrations out. You do need to see Amy's sister's house -- it's quite upsetting. What is it with men and dead things?
Maybe we can stage a break-in and get rid of Bruce and Pete in one shot!
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