Along   Came   A   Spider

Anyone who knows me well, knows how much I HATE spiders.  So, it would only make perfect sense that one of my greatest fears in life would be to be driving in my car and have a big old nasty spider jump on me and attack me.  Oh the horrors!

Well, I guess I can say my life is a little more complete this week, as my dreaded and horrific fear came to life.  Sick!  I am cringing and itchy all over just thinking about what happened.  (I can no longer get in my car without looking around me with crazy eyes, and itching all over while driving.)

Perhaps some might say that my story is a miracle.  I myself, can only say that one part of it is. 

This week I was on my way home after dropping Nik off at preschool.  I was in the middle of traffic, just minding my own business, when out of the corner of my eye I see something move.   So naturally I look.  There very near my head (because we all know how short I am so the seat has to be supper close to the wheel and the window), is a big nasty spider, just inching its way closer and closer to my head.  “What did you do?!’ you ask?  What do you think I did?!  I totally freaked!  I did what any sensible person would do.  I grabbed an object from the center console and tried to smoosh the dang thing while trying not to crash the car.  I thought I was being so brave to try this, and would have been so proud of myself for this effort, if it had only worked.  Much to my horror, the spider jumped onto my lap and started running around.  Meanwhile I have totally lost it and started screaming bloody murder (I’m pretty sure whoever looked over at me thought I was being attacked by some serial killer).  Meanwhile poor Ian is crying like crazy because his mom has flipped it.  And here is the miraculous part; in all this time I am not paying attention to the road or my driving At ALL.  It is a true miracle that we did not crash through this whole incident.  Seriously.

So, I have somehow managed to brush the spider off of me to the floor, but now it is lurking somewhere in the dark down there, where I cant see.  I try to reign my emotions in a bit, gain control of the car and weave in and out of traffic to find somewhere where I can possibly pull the car over. 

Mission accomplished.  I pull over and jump out of the car. I smooshed that spider to smithereens and helped Ian calm down.

It was only a little bit later that I discovered that I hadn’t come out of the situation unscathed.  There was a bite on my hand.  I am sincerely hoping that nothing comes of it and I will never, ever have to go through that again.

Some people think that you have to face your fears to conquer them.  To those people, I say, you are entirely incorrect.

Pumpkin   Farm

On Saturday, we decided it was time to get some pumpkins.  This year we wanted to go to an actual farm with the kids and have some fun, rather than going to the supermarket for them.  There is a local Abbey about 5 minutes from our house where monks live and support themselves by selling their produce.  To further support themselves they have created a wonderful pumpkin fall farm with games slides, pony rides, mazes and hayrides.  We ventured out and it was a fun time.  Nik had a blast running all over the place from event to event.  We ended the day with some fun pictures and picking out pumpkins.

October 9th, 2014

Happy   Half   Birthday   Ian!

Ø Ian is now a pro at sitting up.  Sometimes I feel like pushing him back down, to keep him little.

Ø To my delight, he is getting a little more curious about the person holding him.  Up until now Ian wouldn’t even look at the person holding him, not one glance!  But recently he has been taking some quick looks at the person holding him.  Thanks Ian for acknowledging me.

Ø Ian loves to play with his binky.  He likes to take it out of his mouth and chew on it and try to put it back in on his own.  Although when he gets tired, he acts so offended when his binky is out of his mouth, not realizing that he was the one who took it out.  Silly boy.

Ø Ian has discovered his tongue the last little while.  He likes to stick it out and blow raspberries.

Ø It’s been pretty funny to see Ian’s temper come out.  We have definitely discovered that he has a temper.  Oh goodness.

Ø Another funny thing about Ian is he loves the booger sucker.  He thinks its so funny, almost to the point of laughing when you suction his boogies.  Funny kid.

Ø Of course, Ian has nothing but smiles for his big brother Nik.  He watches Nik like a hawk.

Ø Ian has discovered his feet, especially his toes.  Let the toe sucking begin!

Funny story:

One day I was playing with Ian’s feet and giving them kisses, when Nik walks in and says, “mom!  That’s gross!”  I told him that it’s not gross, because babies feet are clean and super cute.  To which he replied, “Then can I lick them?” ….hm….I guess?

Ø Ian wants to eat everything these days.

Ø When Ian smiles, he scrunches up his face, and it is the cutest thing.

Ø Ian loves to say “da” and to screech.

Oh, as a funny side note, Nik has decided that the reason Daniel didn’t get eaten by the lions in the pit, was because God ordered the lions pizza.  Duh!