Grandma Judy has been telling Anna all about the wonderful things Texas has to offer ever since we found out we were moving here. She learned all about mosquitoes, crocodiles/alligators, armadillos, and most of all fire ants! I told Grandma she was going to be in big trouble if Anna started to have nightmares because we didn't have much of a choice about where we were moving to.
Well, this weekend at Anna's soccer game Jaden was introduced to the fire ants. It seems he decided to sit down and play in the grass right on their mound. Poor Jaden was stuck with idiot parents who didn't even realize he was being bitten. He was rolling on his back and lifting up his shirt but he wasn't crying. Chris thought he wanted to play "where is Jaden's belly button?" But, Jaden kept doing his little grunt (he doesn't really say any words yet) and pointing to his back. When Chris turned him over there were fire ants crawling all over his back. He ended with with big red welts that turned into these smaller red bumps with white heads on them kinda like pimples. I've never seen anything like that before. It was gross! He never complained about it or acted like it bothered him. We couldn't believe he didn't cry or scream. He actually fought us more to get his clothes back on after we found the ants. We ended up letting him run around with just a diaper on and his shoes for awhile because he was making such a fuss.
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