Irrational Fears

Here are just a few things that my boys have been afraid of during their short 19 months here on Earth:

• bubble baths

• baths at their grandparents' houses

• mittens (This is their newest fear and by far their weirdest.)

• Thomas the Tank Engine

• the vacuum cleaner (Strange when you consider how they were first fascinated by it and would climb on it as I was vacuuming--now they run in mortal terror.)

• men with beards, particularly their grandpas

• the Swiffer Sweeper Vac

• the Swiffer Wet Mop

• the plain old, noiseless Swiffer

• the plush cow that plays "Old MacDonald"

• sweatshirts

• the warthog at the petting zoo

• the scales at the pediatrician's office

Conversely, here are some things of which they are not afraid:

• loud traffic

• mean, hissing geese

• viciously barking dogs

• the llama at the petting zoo

• ghouls who jump out and try to scare you in the corn maze

• the steep edge of the couch/curb/deck/stairway

• swarms of ants

• dead bugs

• thunderstorms

I love you, Baylor and Jack, especially when you keep me guessing!