Little Surprises

Okay, so picture this- Me sitting on the couch winding down before taking Jack to bed. I look over and see that Jack has something in his hand that looks to be small and he seems very interested. I say in my nice mommy loves you voice- Jack let me see what you have- I need to use the nice mommy voice because if he thinks you are at all interested in what he has he will run at record breaking speed and either throw or shove whatever it is in his mouth! Nice mommy loves you voice works and Jack comes over with his little treasure. Well, I like to keep our family room dimly lit before I'm going to bed- I believe it helps me sleep better and yes I know I'm getting old- anyway-- I put out my hand and Jack deposits his little treasure in it. I casually look down and what do I see a spider, yes people, an actual live spider crawling in my hand!! Mommy jumps off the couch flinging spider as far away as possible and Jack looks at mommy like she is crazy- is it any wonder that I actually am a bit on the crazy side!?! Needless to say I'm still a bit disturbed by this incident and the fact that our 18 month old thinks it's so very interesting to hold a live spider by the leg and watch it squirming around- YUCK!!