Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Pest control

As the weather has turned cooler outdoors, we've noticed an increasing bug population indoors. The most frequent invaders are little grey bugs I know as "roly-polys". I noticed one making its way across the kitchen floor this afternoon as I headed towards the bathroom with a poopy diaper and made a mental note to put him back outside when I was done before Ellie (our resident bug trauma victim) could see him. Too late. I had just started washing my hands when I heard a shrill and urgent cry:
"MAMA! THERE'S A BUUUGGGGGG!!!!! CAN YOU COME TAKE CARE OF IT NOW PLEASE!!!!"
I assured her I'd be there in a minute.
Again, too late. As I reached for the handtowel, she emitted an equally shrill, equally urgent cry:
"MAMA!!!!! BABY STEPHANIE IS EATING THE BUG!!!!!"
That, my friends, is pest control.

5 comments:

Karly said...

Oh my!! Pest control indeed :)

Sven said...

Ahh, that's the reason why we need baby's ;-)

Christine said...

So funny! I could see Amelia and Matty in exactly the same situation...

Anonymous said...

Poor Ellie! But how funny!

Mimi

Meghan said...

I hear there is a great deal of needed protein in a bug diet. Just a little rice and you've got roly-poly sushi!