horror story

whenever Q has a bad dream and wakes up before we are in bed, he just stands silently at the top of the stairs until one of us walks by and notices him.  it is so freaky - he's totally still and wide-eyed, children of the corn-style. scares the bejeezus out of me. every. single. time. 

he was probably standing there for 20 minutes before I noticed him tonight. apparently vampire bats were trying to eat him. i suppose around here, they might actually be...