The Plague of Children Bugs

Our neighborhood is infested with mosquitos and flies of near-Biblical proportions. I’m wondering if lamb’s blood on the door posts will help at all.

The Dad neighbor who lives next door was describing his seven-year old’s uncooperative attitude regarding the wearing of bug spray, and then told how they got into a wrestling match when he tried to put some anti-itch lotion on his son’s bites so his son would stop scratching them into a bloody mess.

It was one of those “if you heard any screaming, we really aren’t abusing our kids” conversations.

“I just can’t wait until they’re all dead,” I stated emphatically as we watched the children running around the yards.

There was a pause, and the neighbor and my husband looked at me. Finally, my husband spoke up.

“You mean the bugs?”

6 thoughts on “The Plague of Children Bugs

  1. Funny! Rubbing alcohol swiped over mosquito bites takes the itch out, but you’ve got to get them in that red, welty stage, so you’ve only got about half an hour.

  2. Oh My, You gave me such a giggle this morning! Thanks!

  3. Funny! Unfortunately (for us) those swarms of mosquitoes are all too common. At least they become manageable (with bug spray) from October until April! Hooray!

  4. That’s hilarious, Michelle!!

  5. ROFL gasping for air!Thanks…

  6. So funny! We have the same problem. My little guy looks like he has the chicken pocks he has so many bites.

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