Itchy, Itchy Spider 



Every house I've lived in has had its signature bug.

My parents' house in VA has crickets
Our apartment in DC had roaches.
Our old house had earwigs
This new house has spiders.

Spiders, spiders, everywhere. They especially love the basement, but also like to crawl up in the corners where the wall meets the ceiling.

I've been know to run screaming out of the house from the mere sight of a spider. An illogical action if you think about it; shouldn't there be millions more spiders outside?

But now I'm the mother of two young children. Two young children obsessed with their new friends, the spiders.

Today's spider is about the size of a quarter and she is lodged up in the ceiling corner of the hallway, right by D's room. D named her "Sarah" and her brother serenaded her with the following song:

"Itchy, Itchy spider went up the water spout
Down came the rain. Spider went out.
Sun, sun, sun sun, dried up all the rain,
And Itchy, itchy spider went up the spout again."

(complete with itchy hand motions. these are the days I want to drag out the video camera)

What's a arachnophobic mom to do? Learn to live in peace with our spider friends, I suppose.
 

Posted: Fri - January 14, 2005 at 02:27 PM          

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