Creepy Crawlies!

I am not particularly fond of bugs. Our new house has had quite a few bugs. I just don't get it!! It's not a new house, but there are lots of ways for the bugs to get in. When we first moved into our previous house, James came running to me saying "Mommy, there's a baby dinosaur in the basement". The dinosaur turned out to be a little anole lizard.

After the dinosaur incident, Chris surveyed the exterior of the house and found all kinds of cracks and holes which he sealed up.

Now in our new house, the first invasion we had was stink bugs. Evidently stink bugs have been a problem for many people down in Georgia. Now if only we had baby dinosaurs living in this house! Lizards eat bugs, so that would be a good thing.

The stink bugs lasted for about a week. I've seen a few outside, but they haven't been in the house lately.

After the stink bugs, we had some tiny ants.

Chris set up some bait traps and the ants were under control in a day or so.

Then this past weekend, we found lots of millipedes crawling around in the basement. Hannah & I vacuumed them up as fast as we could.

Chris & James were out of town during the millipede debacle. Yuck!!!

This morning I saw a lady bug in the house. Flash forward a few hours and now we have lots of lady bugs.

Now that Chris is back in town & marching band season is nearing the end, this week's project is to seal any cracks and holes to keep those uninvited creatures OUT! There are a couple of exterior doors that have space under them to allow bugs to get in. There's a decorative window that's high up that appears to be slightly open. I just don't get it!!!! Didn't the previous home owners notice that bugs could get inside easily!?!??

So hopefully this is the end of our creepy crawlies!!