Gabe vs Mozzie

In the car today, after picking him from school, i had strapped him into his carseat. Then i was about to start the engine and go, when he suddenly started screaming and crying. He kept pointing at Lucas and i thought at first that maybe Lucas hit him or sumthin, then i realised Gabe was pointing to the mosquito at Lucas` feet....you see, Gabe has this great fear of mozzies. So i hit the mozzie n yup, it died...

Terry and I discovered Gabe`s big fear few weeks back. You see, it`s summer here in Tokyo and it`s mozzie feast. Believe me, the mozzies here are terrifying. Their bite stings and all our bites swell up really badly. Dunno why. So yes, it`s something to be scared about.

We were wearing our shoes at home wanting to go out for lunch. Then, Terry happened to mention `mosquito` and i said i have spray. Gabe suddenly freaked out then, screaming and crying and didn`t want to go out of the door. Then it hit me. I realised he heard the `mozzie` word. Previously he had also freaked out in the car when he saw a mozzie. So i told Terry. He didn`t believe me. He kept asking Gabe why he didn`t wanna go to school. And Terry even said `issir something happened in school?`....i said no it`s the mozzie word.

So anyway, Gabe was hysterical by then. He refused, totally refused to get up. He kept telling us he wanted to go to sleep...ahahaha...he used hand gesture by doing the palms together at side og face for going to sleep sign. It was really quite funny, coz he just woke up and now suddenly wanted to sleep.

Long story short, we made it to the car and told ourselves never to mention that M word in front of him.

The boy is weird. He can touch lizrds n big dogs, but freaks at mosquitos...Funny boy u Gabe.