Friday, May 11, 2007

Tongue bite or terrified?

Yesterday evening, we all sat down to dinner at the kitchen table. A fly had gotten into the house at some point and it was driving us crazy while we were eating. I rolled up a section of the newspaper and started swatting at it. After flailing around the kitchen like a lunatic, I finally knocked the fly out and beat it senseless on the floor.

I was incredibly proud of myself, but I looked up to see Avery's face. I've never seen anything like it. She looked terrified and was bawling her eyes out. I'm still not sure if she had bitten her tongue while eating or if she was genuinely frightened that I had killed a helpless (albeit germ-carrying) creature. I wish I had a photograph of the look on her face. I honestly haven't see anything like it in my life.

I shouldn't have excuses for not posting pictures. Just call it laziness. We haven't taken many photos lately because the camera battery died and I haven't bought new ones yet. Maybe soon. Til then . . .

3 comments:

Kim said...

Oh my goodness!!!! How heartbreaking. My mouth dropped while reading that. Of course she doesn't understand, You Mean Mommy You. =)

The Blankinships said...

you KNOW that i'm the only person in your blog circuit that blogs more infrequently than you do...and nevermind how seldom i post pictures! you never have to apologize to me! whenever you feel bad about it, just look at our blog, and know that yours has been updated more recently! ;) love you sweet friend!

Ashley @ pure and lovely said...

I went to the doc recently and aiden was with me. when the doctor got close to me aiden freaked out. it was hilarious. he also freaks out whenever I decide to beat something senseless. its sad yet sweet. ;)