ok, so there have been a few incidents lately where my boy has woken up yelling about beez in his bed.  he then proceeds to point to the areas on his body that the bees are attacking him.  i've been chalking this up to nightmares and i've felt really bad bc i thought he was sharing my fear of bees. 

 

then i realized something...he's not dreaming about bees.  when he points to his hand and says "bees are all over it" - it's really his hand falling asleep on him.  in his mind, that numbness is apparently a similar sensation to being attacked by bees.  this struck me...as it makes me fully appreciate the pureness of his mind and it's a good reminder of how a four year old sees the world.  it almost makes me feel bad bc this has probably been happening since birth.  at least i'll pick up on it sooner with the 2nd kid.  first child = guinea pig.

 

 

it's not Christmas...it's not even Thanksgiving...yet, for over 2 weeks, I've been looking at multiple houses in my development with xmas lights.  i don't understand, and frankly it annoys me.  literally, people tossed the Halloween pumpkins and put up the annoying blinking reindeer the same day.  i'm not all bah-humbug, but i think it's mental to have lights up in early November...especially since i'm still eating candy from the Halloween bowl.

 

now, i could give people the pass if they put them up early and didn't plug them in...bc that would tell me they just wanted to install them before it got too cold.  unfortunately, that isn't the case for any of these people.  and, i think they thrive off each other on my street.  one turns them on, literally the next day - the next neighbor is out wrapping lights around the railings...then the next day there are blinking wreaths and a waving Santa on another neighbor's lawn.  out of the 8 houses around me - 4 of them already have xmas decorations.  the house directly across the street from me even has their indoor decorated tree kick'n.

 

unfortunately, i can do nothing but continue to look at them and be annoyed...suuuper.