paradox

Life around the house surprises me everyday. Yesterday, Lynate and I went on a spider rampage, clearing all the webs around the house. Such a task was emboldening and utterly gross because while we got rid of lots of intruding friends and their habitats, the fact that we had so many was a bit disturbing. In our retaking of our home, Lynate and I missed a very large visitor right by the porch light. Thankfully, the three boys in grade two spotted it right away. Even Lubega said hi would kill it right away, if he could jump that high, the class decided to name their new friend Spencer. Spencer might not last long, but there’s a lovely and surprising paradox in being both friend and foe to the creature.

This morning the same class took a science field trip to the back yard. They found a broken bird, struggling to fly with it’s bruised leg or sprained toe. So the little bird became the subject of observation for all the classes. As a teacher let it rest in her hands, the bird hopped out and began to scuttle and flap its wings through the house. What a funny site, bird trying desperately to escape while teacher ran hunched over to catch it and return it to the outdoors. Again, a bit of love and tenderness mixed with utter chaos and uproar. Oh my!

Finally, at least for this post, comes the cooking of dinner. Sometimes madness ensues and other times, the microwave is the only sweating from work. Last night, leftovers were at hand for consumption, but tonight sis and I went to town and brought the house down. (Can I really rhyme here- is that allowed? She wore a bandana…) Anyway we made hamburgers, company potatoes, peas, buns, tomatoes, ketchup…
Boy, we were a hit. A real class act, family style. And yet, we couldn’t have done it without the help of the little ones we fed, especially the B. He master-minded the lovely table-setting, grape-washing, tomato-slicing, and all around up-lifting words. Meanwhile, S/J were efficiently running around with our heads cut off to serve dinner in timeish. Everyone ate the goodness (not ice cream) and left wild and full of energy while we nodded and went to bed (early for us) with the satisfaction of a job well done.