An Iris by any other name....

On Monday, I noticed that my irises were blooming. They are purple and really looked very pretty. I called Kiera over to show her the pretty purple flowers. She came over, but immediately started backing away, saying, "Bug, bug." (Kiera is deathly afraid of any bug. Ants, flys, etc...she totally freaks out.) Now, I looked closely at the flowers and saw no bug on any of them. So I tell her, "Kiera, these are pretty flowers, they aren't bugs." I thought that she understood. She seemed to accept what I said, even though she didn't really want to get any closer than she already was.
So, yesterday, at Aiden's request, I went out to cut some of these pretty flowers. Kiera watched me very intently the entire time I was cutting them. She looked a little skeptical, but I kept telling her they were pretty flowers and that we would put them in a vase and water them and put them on the kitchen table.
Today, we are eating lunch and halfway through Kiera notices the pretty irises on the table. She started screaming, "BUG, BUG!" And then she adamantly said she was all done eating although she hadn't even started on her pizza yet. I go over to her and try to reassure her that they are flowers, not bugs. Pretty, pretty. Being the kind and loving Mommy that I am I grab the camera, then I grab the flowers take them over to Kiera. The following pictures show exactly Kiera's reaction as the flowers get closer and closer and closer to her! :)

The pretty purple Irises that caused so much anxiety. Do you see any resemblance to a creepy crawly bug?
As the irises get closer, Kiera starts to squint and reaches her hand up to protect herself against the scary bugs!

"Oh no! It's over! They are going to get me now! How will I manage to ever go on!"

(I do want everyone to know that as soon as this face happened, I took the picture, then immediately picked her up, cuddled her, consoled her, and let her know that it really was okay. She was safe. Also, as soon as I picked her up she stopped crying, and quietly sighed, "bug.")