true blood

we've had a very wet summer here in Holland and the fall is proving to be no different. with a wet summer comes the most blood seeking mosquitos i have ever seen! it's taken us some time to figure out where the mosquitos are coming from - i haven't had the windows open in about 3 weeks and the lack of "fresh" air is killing me! one morning, jillian woke up with 4 bites on her face and 3 bites on her hands... the only parts of her that were exposed the night before! the bites were so bad and caused so much swelling that i had to give her Benedryl (i rarely give my kids any medicine!). i can sympathize with jillian because i keep waking up with bites on my arms and the occasional 4am BUZZING in my ear! we suspect the mosquitos are getting in through the fireplaces in our house (one fireplace is in jillian's room) and the other in the family room. But just to be sure - i made this mosquito net tent to go over her crib! then i took the left over fabric and taped it up over the fireplace opening.

take that! you vampire mosquitos!