Brave Face

So sometimes as a parent you have to put on a brave face and pretend you are not scared of things.....

Cade is my "nervous nelly" .... kind of like his mother. As he is getting older he is starting to develop some very normal fears..... the dark, thunder and now bees/bugs. With the beautiful warm weather we have been having this week, all of the bees have come out full force. The other day we were out playing and Cade all of a sudden screams at the top of his lungs and comes running to me. Of course I am freaking out and asking him what is wrong and through his crying he tells me a bee was trying to get him. Of course I just explained that they will not bother you if you don't bother them, etc... So for the last few days we have really been working on getting through this fear because they play outside 24/7 when it is nice. He was really getting past it .... until this afternoon. I lay the boys down for their nap and leave the room. After about 10 minutes of silence, I hear a loud scream. Before I can even get to their room the scream turns into a blood curdling, someone dying scream. My heart is pounding and as I rush into the room I see the look on Cade's face. Through his screaming he is pointing to something on the wall.....it was a wasp!! Are you kidding me!!! How in the world did a wasp get in our house, back to his room, and right next to his bed! Of all the places and all the people, it would happen to him. He is frozen, screaming in shock as the wasp lands on his bed right next to his head. For a split second I just want to run from the room because I am not a fan of bugs and especially not ones that sting. Then....I had to put on the brave parent face!! I grabbed Cade out of the bed and quickly assured him that the wasp was not going to get him and he was okay. Poor thing was literally shaking he was so scared! I felt so bad for him! So....I have the brave face on for Cade....but I'm still not going near that thing to kill it. I run to Joe (who is laying in the bed recovering from gallbladder surgery) and tell him what is going on. Being the wonderful husband he is, he gets out of bed, goes and checks out the scene and then asks "well, what do you want me to do about it?" Ummmm, hello, kill it please!!!!! Long story short....daddy kills the wasp, Cade flushes it down the toilet to make sure it is gone, I hold Cade's hand for 20 minutes while he falls asleep and listen to Luke replay the whole scene aloud about 5 times......

This poor child will be scared to death now of his bed....instead of checking for monsters under the bed, we are going to be checking the bed for wasps for the rest of the summer! Add that to the list of fears for Cade. Thank goodness he has his brave brother who is constantly assuring him that he is there and he will take care of him!