Oh what a lovely spider

I am not a fan of spiders. Actually to be brutally honest I hate them, along with most other arachnid or insect. I can just about stomach the common house fly and the occasional woodlice, but other than that, I would rather go without.

Daddy A made it very clear to me from the off that I was not to ‘force my irrational fears’ onto Baby B. Now whilst I disagree that they are totally irrational (what is there to like about a spider), I agree that I should let Baby B form his own opinions towards our hairy legged friends.

So I (force) smile happily every time he points an “Incy Wincy Spider” out to me and nod in agreement whilst Baby B leans in closer to a large spider Daddy A has found in the shed and says “Look mumma spider “.

However this morning took the biscuit. On returning home from dropping my mum and grandmother at the airport, I was greeted at the front door by a very excited Baby B who grabbed my hand saying “Come on Mumma, quickly” whilst  leading me upstairs, “Incy Wincy Spider is here”.

With Daddy A laughing and saying, “hold it together and look happy”, Baby B lead me to the bathroom to show me his new friend. Apparently, this chap was wondering across the landing this morning and Daddy A grabbed him and threw him in the bath until he had time to deal with him properly.

There he is!

Photo’s don’t do him justice

Baby B was thrilled with this new addition to the family and spent most the morning standing over the bath, chatting to the spider. Some of the sentences i heard included:

“Spider is beautiful” and “Ohh, wow, fascinating”. The first time he says ‘fascinating’ and it’s about a spider. Great!

On the plus side, Chickens LOVE spiders and Incy Wincy met a rather quick end this afternoon. 🙂

If Baby B ask, Incy Wincy escaped down the plug hole.;)

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