I woke up because I felt a prickly feeling go down my back.
It was in the middle of the night and I had been fast asleep. I tried to ignore the strange sensation but then I worried that I had a spider on me. My eyes flew open and then I screamed.
Not because I found a spider.
But because my daughter was standing beside the bed…STARING AT ME AS I SLEPT.
Who does that? Aside from the children who end up being demonic in horror films, that is.
“I was scared,” Natalie said when I stopped screeching.
SHE was scared?
Then I realized it was raining. Lightening flashed, brightening up the room. Thunder boomed.
Natalie jumped into my bed.
“If you’re scared, you announce yourself,” I explained.
Really. That’s all I ask. Don’t STARE at me when I’m sleeping.
She’s lucky I didn’t kick her by accident.
But thank goodness it wasn’t a spider.
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I was the kid that would stare at parents until they woke up. I am afraid the same will happen to me as pay back.
ReplyDeleteMy kids do the same, I hate it!
ReplyDeleteOh, my first thought was "spider" too! That is a little creepy. But poor baby. We don't get much thunder and lightning here in southern California, but when we do, my son and our dogs flip their lids!
ReplyDeleteI am laughing so hard. That is a horrible feeling when that happens. Feels like your heart's going to explode because you're so scared. Another memory to put in their books.
ReplyDeleteHA HA HA!! I absolutely LOVE this! My kids do the SAME thing!!-Ashley
ReplyDeleteI hate that creepy feeling of being stared at too. I am glad it wasn't a spider. Then you would have been creepy and crawly all night long. lol
ReplyDeleteOhh...luckily it wasn't a spider. After I saw my first cicada on a trip last week, I felt itchy all day like they were in my hair or something. I'm glad I live somewhere where there aren't any cicadas.
ReplyDeleteIt must be a kid thing. Mine do that all the time, I remember doing that to my mom as well. But yeah at least it wasn't a spider. I woke up to a tick crawling on me last week. It freaked me out. I had lyme disease and am so scared of ticks now.
ReplyDeleteInteresting that you could 'feel' her looking at you.
ReplyDelete(maybe if you lock the bedroom door and ask them to knock?)
Emily does that too!!! Actually she is just starting to and it's so weird. :)
ReplyDeleteScary! My cousin used to do that to his parents. He almost got punched a couple of times.
ReplyDeleteHaha. Oh no! She would have terrified me too!
ReplyDeleteOH my goodness!!! Im laughing so hard!!!!!
ReplyDeleteMy son still does that, AND HES 17 YEARS OLD!!!
That would be freaky! Mine just climb into bed with me risking it all that I may roll over and clobber them one. I have done that before, luckily to my husband- not the kids.
ReplyDeleteHa!! I once said I was going to have to put a bell around their necks at night just for that reason!
ReplyDelete"If you're scared, you announce yourself." Hahaha that made me laugh. I don't blame you though, I would have been freaked out too!
ReplyDeleteWhen my husband was a little kid, he used to wake up his mom by smacking her on the forehead. In light of this, I should probably be less freaked out when my kids wake me at night by staring at my bedside. *shudder*
ReplyDeleteOh I have a deadly fear of spiders!
ReplyDeleteI can't remember any of my kids coming in and staring at me, but last week my poor eight year old came in at 2am to tell me he'd thrown up. I was having a nightmare and screamed so loud I scared both of us. :-(
ReplyDeleteThat freaks me out too! I probably would have been kicking and punching.
ReplyDeleteMy kids do that too! So creepy!!
ReplyDeleteI never had the chance to stare at my parents, usually by the time my hand hit the door knob they both somehow knew I was awake and were asking me what was wrong. Weird parent sense I guess. I can sleep through anything, ha ha.
ReplyDeleteYep. That'd be my 10 year old. When the weather is normal outside. All the time. It definitely is freaky! Than he'll try playing it off as "I was -um- sleep walking!"
ReplyDeleteI used to do that... my poor mother lol
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