Still waiting…

I wish there was more to report but that’s about it.  Apparently CIS is researching what happened to our I-600 but that doesn’t really change the above statement.
We’ve been dealing a lot with irrational fear around here lately too.  There are varying theories between Patrick and me as to what the precipitating event was, but that really doesn’t matter since the reality is that our children have become seriously afraid.  I remember waking up after bad dreams when I was little and having to pee soooo badly but remaing in bed in agony because I was so paralyzed by fear. This is the kind of afraid our kids have been but I wish they were as hesitant to wake us up as I was to wake up my parents 🙂 Last Wednesday, they were both in tears at the dinner table because they couldn’t identify a mysterious sound. They were well aware that the three of us were the only ones home and when I absentmindedly  told them I didn’t hear the sound, they freaked out and swore there was a monster in our dining room.  Turns out it was the hardware on the buffet wrattling and I was tuning it out.  Mia’s practically afraid of her own shadow because, “monters live in the dark.”  Oooy vay. 
Here’s a peak into another conversation about monsters…

Melissa:  Mia, there’s no such things as monsters.  You have no reason to be afraid.

Mia: But there are such things as mean people that might try to put me in their cars.

So she was listening to our stranger danger talk.

Melissa: You’re right and what would you do if that happened?

Mia:  I could bite their wee wee.

Melissa:  (supressing uncontrollable laughter) Yes, you do whatever you need to get away.

This went on for sometime, but I’ll spare you the gorey details…and to be honest I don’t remember the exact dictation.  This was a good distraction but we were soon back to the irrational fear thing.

Mia:  What if mean people come into my room and try to get me?

Melissa:  That won’t happen.

Mia:  But they could!

Melissa:  I’ll lock the house and they don’t have keys.

Mia:  (rolling on the floor laughing and chanting)  The mean people don’t have keys.

That was finally the thing that convinced her she was safe.

Well this post has already been all over the place so let’s take one more wacky turn.
These are pictures of the kids doing a creative project that I’ve been wanting to do since we saw an example of it at the Boston Children’s Museum.  You use pipe cleaners to connect straws.  It’s super versatile b/c you can cut the straws to any length.  We found coffee stirrers were better because they held the pipe cleaners in place better.

I apologize the pictures aren’t better. The coffee stirrers are just so thin and my kids happen to be working on a not-so-perfect backdrop.
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