Can a mosquito stop time? The answer in 3 minutes or less...
Bedtime...
Cuddling and snuggling...happy time!
Getting our reading on!
Story giggles...conversation and wondering...
Reading...chatting...
Feeling sleepy...
Lights out-click, click, click!
bzzzzzzzz
zzzzz z z zzz zz
zz
zzz z zzz zzz
zzzzzzz zzzz zz
"Mommy, I hear a mosquito buzzing!"
"Me too!"
Lights on--CLICK!
Hunting for the swatter...eyes darting around the room to find the tool that will end the zzzz-ing!
Nothing in view-a big tissue!
Arms flying through the air-the elimination process has begun!
zzzzz zzz
zzzzzzzzzzz
zzz zz z zzz
zzzzz
zzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzz
zzz zz zzzz z
"Where'd it go?"
"There it is Momma-up by the clock!!"
SWAT!
SWAT!
SWISH
"Ugh! I missed it!"
SWAT
SWAT
STRETCH-ST-R-ET-CH!
CRASH!
"What was that?" called Daddy from the other room.
"The clock! I knocked the clock off the wall while swatting the stupid mosquito!"
Dead mosquito, broken clock! It stopped time...yes, it stopped time! Now no time!
Hilarious! We can't walk out our door without being attacked this year. Thankfully we haven't had to fight one inside get.
ReplyDeleteCathy
Thank you for the laugh this morning. I hope your clock wasn't permanently damaged.
ReplyDeleteToo cute Amy! I can just picture it! One of the many things I love about New Mexico . . . no mosquitos!!!
ReplyDeleteOh no, but the best is that you wrote such a great poem! Lucky for us they do make the noise!
ReplyDeleteHaha! I was intrigued by the title and you didn't disappoint!
ReplyDeleteAmy, how delightful! I love this poem with dialogue, sound, and action. The title is so appropriate. Now, I suppose you are off to buy a new clock.
ReplyDeleteLove this -- I was totally in the moment with you. Glad you could all laugh about it!
ReplyDeleteClare
Too funny! You certainly made the best of it!
ReplyDeleteI love so much about this post..the way you wrote it made me feel the urgency you must have felt as you chased it around the room. Then the zzz all over the place...genius!! And finally the end...it really did stop time in more ways than one. :) Thanks for making me laugh at the end of the day.
ReplyDeleteI laughed, laughed, and laughed while reading your blog. It was well-written in a way that allowed me to visibly see the moments unfolding as you described them.
ReplyDeleteAt this point, I have a bite on my ankle from last week. Mosquitos have been awful in DFW metroplex. Yes, they can stop time and stop a conversation mid-sentence while the swatting occurs for minutes.