There was a what in his mouth???

Both of my dear little Nutts have always enjoyed being and playing outdoors.  This is something I’ve always loved and hope continues as they grow.  Kaden, who is 100% boy, is an adventurous little soul who embodies the vintage poem describing little boys as being made of snips and snails and puppy dog tails.  I take pride that this is who my little boy is. 

That is, except for one day in March, it was a day that started off like any other spring day, I was finishing house work while Kara and Kaden played out back.  I kept an eye on the kids as I cleaned up the kitchen and made multiple trips outside to sweep rocks out of Kaden’s mouth.  On one such trip he sat on the patio, looked up at me smiling as I once again swept his mouth.  Only this time, it was not a rock that I swept out.  As I initially thought and later had confirmed I swept a baby scorpion out of MY baby’s mouth.  A scorpion, a blankity blank scorpion was in the mouth of my son!!!!  UGH, UGH and double UGH!!!  I was in panic mode.  Thankfully, he was not hurt and the bug man was here as soon as possible to spray the house, the yard, and the walls for bugs and scorpions.  I love living in Phoenix, but I do not love scorpions and more than that I absolutely do not like them being in the mouth of my son.  Thank heavens that was the first one I’ve seen in over 5 months and I haven’t seen one since.

 Oh, I cannot wait to see what other fun adventures that little Nutt has in store for me over the next several years!!!

Not a picture at the time of the incident, I was not thinking of grabbing a camera at the time.  Just a picture of my little Nutt