A cool little thing...

Today is Saturday and usually Linda and I don't let any kids or youth over to the house until about one or two. This lets me sleep in because I generally don't get enough sleep during the week. It gives us the morning to relax a bit, sometimes do some cleaning, wash clothes and just generally have one morning that we are not rushing to get ready. We both really enjoy the quietness and the small bit of peace. Now this doesn't mean that we don't get visitors. Even this morning, after a year of this rule, there was a youth girl looking for earrings to borrow at seven this morning and a couple of youth girls came around noon to pick up the four loads of laundry we let her do in our washing machine. The big surprise was that at ten this morning, four girls from my school showed up. They have been asking to come over so I told them on Friday that they could come over on Saturday at two. When I saw them I went out and told them sorry but that they would have to go home and come back at two. I felt really bad because they live in "the location" by my school which is about an hour walk from our house. I told them if they wanted they could hang out at the grass in town which is a shaded area in town that a lot of people go and hang out at. They decided to go to town but then came back. I gave them some oranges and water while they waited. I know it sounds a bit harsh but one of the things that the kids and youth around here struggle with is listening and following directions and instructions. I don't mean they are normal kids who have some trouble listening but today was a perfect example of this when the kids showing up four hours before I told them to. Often kids will come literally ten times in a day to ask if they can play when we have told them what time to come over. The same at school about doing certain work or do something at the school. Anyway, they waited four hours to be able to come in and hang out at my house. We watched a movie, ate popcorn and drank juice and played some games while listening to music. It was fun and I was excited to see that they were able to relax a bit and hang out with me. I love the kids from my school who are in my grade 7 class. These girls are a lot of fun in class and I am super stoked that I can continue to see them outside of class. I want them to know that I love and care about them and I think opening my house to them is one way to show that.