Ticks, Children, and Watermelon Soap

My husband and I had the blessing of two families from New York state stay with us this past weekend.  Our house is small, but the property is big with plenty of room for children to explore. The children had a ball finding unique rocks in the driveway and toads in the woodpile. The highlight of Friday was catching fireflies and sipping hot tea on the porch in the cool of the evening. 

The fun continued Saturday evening as the children enjoyed bathing with Watermelon Taffy soap.  Living in Lyme Disease tick country we are very paranoid diligent to check for ticks.  Bath time is a good time for this! Sally, the mother of one-year-old Benjamin, found a tick on his hip.  After promptly removing that tick, she continued to check him for more ticks.  One lift of his arm revealed two dreaded dark things in his armpit!  These were more plump than the tick she had just removed from his hip.  Horror!   We braced ourselves for an ordeal with removing ticks from the armpit of an one year old.  However, when Sally attempted to grab the "tick" with the tweezers, it rolled away.  We looked at each other, puzzled...ticks don't roll! Then we realized that those two small black plump things were not ticks at all, but rather, they were the poppy seeds from the Watermelon Taffy soap!!! 

My aunt has called the Watermelon Taffy soap ... "Laffy Taffy" since the day I made it. I think she may be right because we sure had a good laugh Saturday night about it! Just remember folks, when you use your "Laughy-Taffy" soap, the poppy seeds are NOT ticks!

 

On a more serious note:  Knowing the devastating effects of Lyme Disease personally, I urge you to be diligent to check yourself and your loved ones for ticks even if you have used tick spray.  An ounce of prevention is definitely worth a pound of cure!  

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