scariest thing ever!

When we moved into this house I was aware that there could be a potential scorpion problem. I was determined that we could prevail over those nasty little buggers. We have "hunting parties" every night where we go out and kill them. We spray inside and outside every 4 weeks with the professional stuff. I have had the occasional run in with them outside (see King kong scorpion from a previous post) But we've been sooooo lucky to keep them from coming in. I have put glass jars under the crib legs and a mosquito net surrounds the little lady while she sleeps. But other than that, I think I've really taken for granted the fact that there have been none in the house....until the other day. I was giving the two little ones a bath and they were splashing and playing and having a fun time in the water. I was shampooing Myla's little head and grabbed the cup to pour water on her to rinse her off. (I have a bathtub cup that I always leave in there for rinsing) I dipped the cup into the water and poured it on her head. The next thing I saw was a scorpion. sliding down my baby's head and down her back. I about had a heart attack! I immediately smacked it off of her (which freaked her out. here she was having fun in the water and then she's getting smacked. poor thing) and pulled the kids out of the tub. I was shaking. I sat and stared at her back for like 30 minutes making sure that she wasn't stung. Thank goodness she wasn't. I immediately started saying my "thankful" prayers. I haven't used that bathtub in about a week. The water gets too hot on that side of the house. So no telling how long that thing was in the cup or how the heck it even got in there! But lesson learned! ALWAYS check cups and pretty much everything for bugs!

swim shoes

My mom bought Coulson some spider-man swim shoes. They are really hard to get on his feet. It feels like my finger is going to fall off afterwards. Well, one day, (I guess I wasn't home) Judd was watching the kids and Coulson brought him those dang shoes to put on. Now, if its hard for a mom to put on, i imagine it was dang near impossible for dad. I believe there were a few choice words said during the process because the next time Coulson brought me those shoes he said "Mom, put these gay shoes on me!" I couldn't hide the laughter. If you could just imagine that coming from a three year old mouth! I was bustin' up.

Yes, we say gay in our house a lot. We are not homophobic nor are we politically correct. If you don't like it, i don't care.