Perhaps you may recall this photo from our trip to the fire station? And Caleb LOVES firetrucks and ambulances!
We had a similar but even more traumatizing experience at the Butterfly Palace in Branson. My mom and I took the boys to the lake for 4 days while Kevin was out of town on business. My mom suggested that we take him to "Celebration City" to ride some of the kiddy rides. I knew from our experience at a small-town carnival last fall that he would be scared. I suggested we take him to the Butterfly Palace...an indoor rainforest with thousands of butterflies. He LOVES butterflies in our yard...so I thought it would be so much fun.
He was TERRIFIED. And when I say terrified, I mean screaming, crying, shaking, burying his head in my chest. All because a few butterflies got close to him...
I don't get it. This kid has been extremely sheltered. Our television is NEVER on when he is awake (unless he is watching Veggie Tales, the Wiggles, Boz the Bear, or Sesame Street), so he hasn't seen anything violent to make him afraid of things. We won't even watch The Lion King for crying out loud! I guess it is just natural for fears to start at this age...even from things that a child normally likes.
And our dinner at Pizza Hut the following night was interrupted by a pesky fly that Caleb just knew wanted to bite him. So we boxed up our pizza, left, and ate it back at the lakehouse...without the fly. :)
Unfortunately these are the only pictures I got from our adventure to the lake with Lola. My camera battery died and I, of course, didn't pack the charger.
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These fears are really crazy. Ori just started experiencing them this week and it is so weird. The elevator at Wesley freaked him out and then he was scared and clingy for Calla's entire appointment (sometimes 2 kids is really hard!). Yesterday I turned on Sesame Street and there were these dancing clown-like men (very happy music, etc.) and he backed out of the room screaming. He was terrified of those them! And I would have thought Caleb would have loved the butterflys and fire trucks too. I guess it's normal though.
Looks like you still managed to have fun! Your boys are darling!
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