Tuesday, April 2, 2013

The eentsy weentsy spider

The other evening as we were getting ready for bed, Aaron was laying on the couch and spotted a very small spider on the ceiling.  He pointed this out to us, which is the signal for Paolo or I to smash the spider.  So Paolo took a book and smashed the spider.

To our surprise, Aaron burst into tears and said "ma non schiacciarlo.  La sua mamma lo aspetta!  La sua mamma gli sta aspettando a casa!!!" singhiozzo.

"Don't smash it.  His mommy is waiting for him! (sob) His mommy is waiting for him at home!"

He was totally distraught.  So we explained that even though it was a small spider (compared to the other ones that we smash around our house) that he was an adult and that he'll be ok.  After a little convincing we were able to calm him down.  This is also the first time that Aaron has expressed this kind of emotion.  Even though he was traumatized, I'm grateful that those emotions are starting to come out and he can express them in some way.

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