Today was cleaning day at our house. No, a cleaning lady wasn't coming. We were cleaning. We've been so busy and "chore day" has been getting skipped. The kids want to go to the carnival tonight so I had leverage to get all the work done. We cranked the music through the surround sound and we were cleaning our hearts out.
I had just passed through the living room and my son was on the couch staring out the windows "dusting" the blinds. I went back into the bedroom when he started yelling for me.
He rushed back into our room and said "Mom, mom, there was just a big black thing flying through the living room!!! Come quick"
So I go into the living room and was kind of alarmed because he seemed pretty worked up. He reenacted how he was kneeling on the couch looking out the window and when he turned his head, he saw something black fly by. So I look around and don't see anything.
"Mom, it went behind dad's chair. I know it did. I think it may have been a bird or some type of really big insect or maybe even a bat!"
By this time his eyes are big as saucers and even though I know there's not a bird flying around the house, I haven't all together ruled out bat or large insect. For those that know me well, know that I'm not outdoorsy and I don't like critters. Especially not in my house. I think camping is for homeless people. My house needs to be pest free. So, I did what any good parent would do, I made my 7 year old son look behind the chair. I figured he was much quicker than me and I needed to be ready to catch anything that flew out.
Lucky for both of us, nothing flew out. By this time, I know there's nothing flying around. I'm thinking he was probably looking out in the sun and turned his head to fast and saw black spot. Or he's hallucinating. Either way, there wasn't anything flying around. I'm pretty sure our dog would have freaked out anyway.
But this new information didn't stop my son from going on a massive search. First, he noticed that the cushion of the love seat was lifted slightly so he thought that it had flown in there.
"Mom, what if it flew in there to hide under the love seat and is making a nest and then will have babies?"
So, of course, we lifted the cushions to make sure.
Then he went in his room and noticed something small and brown on his floor. He's 100% positive that's its an animal tooth. I'm 99.9% positive that it's a rock out of his aquarium which to him means I don't know anything. He's not buying it and has been carrying it around all day. I don't know if he thinks it's going to come back looking for it's tooth and then he will catch it? He's convinced it's from a large bat. I'm not asking any more questions.
For now, the adventure is over and the house is clean. We didn't find anymore clues. I asked him if we put the tooth under his pillow, will a bat fairy leave him money? He told me I was being ridiculous. I guess now we know where he gets it from!
