Organized Chaos

Another afternoon with the neighborhood kids... there were about fifteen this time, although they came in and out of the house throughout the afternoon so I never really got a head count. I'm sure the house hasn't had that much noise or that many dirty little feet running through it in years. Lots of shouting and laughter and door banging. We had a grand time playing games, talking, painting fingernails, sorting and labeling the tupperware, cleaning one of the bedrooms, having a snack and washing the dishes. Never mind the fact that they spilled fingernail polish on the floor, broke a dish, used up all the cold water, or peed in the shower. (I guess I forgot to teach one little girl how to use the toilet. Oops!) It was a tiring, but thoroughly enjoyable afternoon. When some of the little kids cleared out, a couple of the teenage girls hung around and I sat at the table with them while they did their fingernails and talked. It was entertaining to listen to their conversation and I understood enough to know what was going on. Girls are the same the world over it seems.