There have been some issues with wasps in the house over the last couple weeks. And not like regular wasps, but huge ugly mongoloid wasps on 'roids. What seemed like isolated incidents turned into "Okay, this is officially a problem" when I found the 7th wasp the other day while baby boy and I are were gleefully having a Skype chat with Grandpa and Uncle Jamesy. One swooped over Landon and I tucked him under my arm, monkey-style, and ran for the hills (or outside the room, at least). After I got Landon situated - blissfully ignorant while chewing his hands on his jungle mat on the other side of the house - my dad stayed on video Skype and remotely supported me while I smacked the legs off #7. Seriously, I had to hit him about 20 times before I could really spray him and left him under a plastic bowl to wallow in the fumes. Sounds cruel, I know, but this is what they look like:
The Polistes Carolina wasp species (minus a leg or two)After sitting at Whataburger and regrouping for a while (country gravy helps soothe my nerves), I decided that we must go back to the house. I cleared the back bedroom for any signs of wasps and set up the pack n play for Landon to sleep next to me. We had the exterminator come by in the morning and I ultimately decided that spraying around the house was better than Landon being carried away by mutant wasps.
Erik chooses the best weekends to be away.
2 comments:
whoa! that is a mutant wasp!! we just have some sweet innocent yellow jackets over here to deal with. I have never seen such a beastly wasp. hope the spray worked & they are gone from the house for good.
happy belated easter. that boy of yours sure is awfully cute. chloe sends her drooly kisses. mouth open...of course.
So far so good. Drool-covered fingers crossed!
PS - Landon has been taking notes on B's sweet dance moves. He wants to groove like that when he is a big boy.
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