A wonderful way to wake up!

When I wake up, one of the first things I do is go turn off the alarm and turn off the outside lights. Some days it is not the very first thing I do, but this morning it was. I went into the laundry room, turned off alarm and opened the door leading to the garage because the light for outside is in there. When I opened the door a frog jumped inside.

Do you know me very well?? Well I am TERRIFIED of frogs. I just about had a heart attack. I ran away from the laundry room. But then I started freaking out--what if he goes someplace and hides and I can't get him out??? Right after we moved in, a frog got inside and went behind the washer and dryer. Luke had to move them and find the frog immediately. I could not stand to wait, he HAD to get it out immediately (and he was not very happy about that). I cannot move the washer or dryer myself and I did NOT want that frog to hide this time or get any further inside my house!

So I tried to be brave. I went back to laundry room. I had a plastic container nearby so I grabbed it and put it over the frog so he could not get away. Then I put laundry detergent on top of it so he couldn't move the container. Sound brave?? It wasn't. I was freaking out and squealing. My heart still has not calmed down and that was almost 2 hours ago.

So what do I do with a trapped frog? I wake up my little man to go take care of it. Aren't 8 year old boys supposed to catch frogs and lizards and such? Not mine. He was almost as big a chicken as I was. I tried to tell him it would not hurt him, but I did not convince him to touch it--any idea why?? So, I found a container lid so we could turn the thing over, put the lid on and take him outside. Didn't work. He jumped away. But this time he jumped onto the throw rug and I trapped him again. After much squealing and begging the boy to just please get the frog out of my house, E finally picked up the container with the rug under it and carried the frog outside and dumped it out.

The girls woke up--how could you sleep through mommy freaking out and squealing like a crazy person?? B had lots of advice but she stayed at least 10 feet away. K stayed even farther away.

What a way to wake up. No coffee needed this morning. I think I have succeeded in making all of my kids afraid of frogs now. I complain all the time about them being so over-dramatic about everything. Where do you think they get that from????