Apparently out of nowhere, Petra has developed a mean case of arachnophobia. We have a big plastic spider in a rubber net that’s been in various places around our living room for years, and there’s just no way she hasn’t seen it–and many times at that–before today.  Today, however, something has changed,  She’s terrified of it, won’t even look at it, can hardly stand to talk about it.

Hmmm . . .