Earlier I see the kids messing around with some water that has been sitting out on the back deck for a while. Afraid they’re thinking about drinking the water, I pop outside to see what they’re up to.<\/p>\n
“There’s little things swimming in the water!” Lydia exclaims. “We’re pretending they’re baby frogs, so we’re going to feed them!”<\/p>\n
“Yeah, they’re frogs!” Sam chimes in.<\/p>\n
I bend down to look closely and I recognize the wiggling forms as mosquito larvae. Dang it, it’s barely March. Are we really that close to Mosquito Time?<\/p>\n
“Those aren’t frogs, those are mosquito larvae. I’ll have to dump this water out later,” I inform them.<\/p>\n
“Awwwwwwww,” sigh the kids.<\/p>\n
“I can’t let them grow up, soon they’ll fly around and suck your blood!”<\/p>\n
“But they’re so cute!” Lydia protests.<\/p>\n
“Well, they can be cute now, but Daddy is going to murder them when he gets home.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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