The invasion continues

Current Mood: Antsy

Ugh! Its official, we are being invaded by ants! Ants, Ants, Ants ... EVERYWHERE! Where we kill them, a ton more will pop up in another location in the house. Its so frustrating! The only amusing thing about the invasion is Mia's reaction to them!

We had a BAD and I mean BAD! ant problem last year but Mia was to young to notice or remember. This year has been getting worse and worse and now Mia sees them. She likes to look at them but as soon as they get on her she panics! She comes running to me all worried saying "oh no! bug bug bug!" and makes me take them off of her and kill them. Now she knows not to mess with them but instead tell Mama if shes finds some. So shes my little ant informant haha.

Today the invasion crossed the line! They ended up in her room!!! Mind, you they are not getting food since we have ZERO food upstairs (due to our horrible outbreak last year we have learned!) but they still scout around looking for food or water. I am not talking about a couple of scouts either! They send in TONS of scouts, its horrible. Anyway, I went to put Mia down for a nap this afternoon. She was a bit wound up so I let her play in her room for awhile, while I laid on her bed.

After playing, she grabbed some blankets and made herself comfy on the floor next to the door (something she has started doing lately and I have no idea why). All of a sudden she sprang up and said "Bug! Bug! Bug!" I quickly sat up and asked her "Show Mama! Wheres Bug?" she pointed at her bed! I quickly jumped off and searched and sure enough there were about 10 or so ants crawling on the bottom part of her mattress!! "Bug! Bug!" she kept saying as I squished all that I could find. I searched all around and didn't find anymore. I laid back down in the bed but Mia was up and running around searching for more ants.

Shes into a new thing, she pretends alot so she started to pretend she found some ants and would grab them, and put them on a box nearby. I watched her do this, thinking it was pretty cute, and she seemed to be enjoying herself... I slowly closed my eyes and started to relax. Then all of a sudden the alarm went off again, she said "Bug! Bug! Bug!". I thought she was just pretending to see them again but she refused to stop saying it and when I wasn't reacting to it she had to take drastic measures. She saw them on the baby monitor and unplugged it and walked it to me saying "Bug!" sure enough a tiny black ant was running all over it! So I squished it and started to search the box where she was playing. Sure enough more ants! I squished those and really checked the rest of the room. I haven't seen anymore but man they are annoying.

So the invasion continues .... ugh! I am sure I will hear "Oh-no! Bug Bug Bug!" again tomorrow haha