I love being a father. Somethings come so naturally, you feel like the wise, old CEO of daddy, Inc. Of course those days are far and few between. About a month ago, I difussed a common persistant bedtime issue with a few squirts.
Brandon's active four year old imagination has started to kick-in at bedtime. He began complaining that he was having "bad dreams" about buggies or monsters, and could he come to daddy's bed for a little while. Not missing a beat, I said stay here... as I went to the cabinet to get a large spray bottle of verbena fragrance linen water. I returned to his bed and told him to stand on the bed while I applied the "Bad Dream Repellent". This verbena water smells great, and the spray atomizes the water to the finest mist.
After a couple spritzes on the front and back, head to toe, he begins to rub in the magic elixir. Now dubbed the bad dream cream, he asks for a spray now and then. It's amazing, he's never had a bad dream after smelling that sweetly pungent verbena spray. I actually like dousing him in it, seems that it not only keeps away bad dreams, but brings back beautiful memories of pure innocence.
I wonder how long it'll take before it's effectiveness wears off? I really wish I had a stash of "bad day repellent", "hurt feelings salve", or "broken heart spray" for the future.
Now where did I hide that dinosaur trap?
