A difficult night.

As a mom,one of the hardest things to see is my kids in pain or scared. Tonight Josh and Bri came out of their room after they had been tucked in,saying they heard a noise that scared them. I went in there and I couldn't hear anything. As I moved closer to Bri's bed,I could hear a very faint noise..here is how the conversation went:

Me: "It sounds like a toy with a dying battery."

Josh: "It must be a toy under Brianna's bed!"

Brianna: "I don't want something making noises under my bed!!!!" *tears well up in her eyes*

Me: "There are no toys under your bed except for legos. I'll get daddy and see if he can hear the noise."

Daddy: "There are no toys under your bed that make noise Brianna. Quiet down so I can listen again. Oh,jeez!"

Daddy saved the day by discovering the mystery noise was coming from a dying battery in Brady's cookie jar. We removed it from the room and all was well...or so we thought. Bri came out of the room crying about the bad movies in her head. It broke my heart to see her so scared. :-( I think the images were from Halloween commercials for shows like Goosebumps which is for older kids. We decided to say a prayer and then I let them see a few funny clips from Fairly Oddparents and Spongebob. Brianna said that made her feel a little better but she was still scared. So we turned on the lights in the living room and left the door open a little wider. She asked daddy to carry her to bed and she told us thank you for turning on the lights. Hopefully tomorrow night will be better.