Last night we had quite a mini adventure in our house. Every evening we have family clean up time. It is the only way I can keep my sanity. I am a better wife and Mother when I wake up to an orderly home. LOL. Anyway, the kids are required to help out and pick up after themselves as I go through the house giving cleaning orders.
The teenager rolls her eyes and the princess lets the everyone know how unhappy she is to have to do any sort of activity that does not involve fun. We have our normal, get over yourself speech and she whines her way back to her room to clean.
I get right to the dishes. It’s quiet. Well, for a few minutes at least.
Then…
From out of nowhere a blood curdling scream comes from the princess and she shoots out of her room and into the kitchen like no-body’s business.
The conversation that follows:
Me: “What the hell? Geeze! What happened???”
Teenager: (literally rolling on the floor with laughter)
Beloved Husband: (not home…bowling with the guys…hmmmm)
Princess: Frantically crying. Red faced. Flushed. Sniffling. “waahhhhh”
Me: “Speak child. What happened?!”
Princess: “A bug!”
Me: “A bug???”
Teenager: (still rolling on floor laughing)
Princess: “wahhhhh”
Me: “What kind of bug?”
Princess: In utter trembling fear she says; “A scccc….ary bug”
Me: “Crap. Why can’t we have just one eventless evening? Wheres the scary bug?”
Princess: “wahhhhhh”
Me: “Where is the scary bug?”
Princess: “In my room”
Teenager: (crying with laughter)
Me: to the teenager; “What’s so funny?” to the princess; “Well obviously, but where in your room???”
Teenager: “LOL”
Princess: Again in utter fear for her life; “Bbbb…y my bed under my kitty slipper” “WAHHHH”
Me: “OK, you can hush now, I will take care of it…”
I put on my Super Mom cape wondering how beloved husband always misses these adventures and go into the “scary bug’s” lair. I cautiously lift the princess’s slipper to discover the culprit of all the drama…
It was a scary bug alright.
It was no ordinary bug though.
It was a creature like no other.
Are you ready for this???
Drum roll please….
It was a…
s
p
i
d
e
r
Yes, a spider. However, it was like no spider that ever graced the presence of a true princess. This scary bug was the size of a pin head. No larger than the period at the end of this sentence.
An extremely scary bug.
So, I took my mighty Super Mom flip flop and managed to kill the mighty beast that dared to enter the chamber of royalty!
In the end, we all survived!
Princess cautiously reentered her room and finished cleaning.
The teenager was able to regain her composure and finish cleaning…
and Super Mom got back to the dishes!
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Becki January 22nd, 2010 at 12:24 pm
LOL!!!!!!!!!!! Your princess and my Bean are like two little peas in a pod – this was totally a scene from my house! LOL!!!!!