Monday – partII

Kids are cooking dinner again tonight. This is a good thing. I like it.

They were going to cook the snapper we had but, of course, they went to the beach and added a few oysters and mussels to the menu. They can’t help themselves. In the meantime, Sal and I went out and checked the prawn traps and we pulled up two of the four that had been set yesterday. We had 150 prawns. So we left the other two for our neighbour and re-baited the ones we had harvested from. They should all be chock-a-block when they are pulled tomorrow.

When the ‘cooks’ saw the prawns, they were instantly added to the feast. What started out as the ‘modest contribution’ from the kids has become a feast for royalty.

Does it get any better?

Yes it does! While we were collecting our bounty from the sea, Eddie was honing his chopping skills. Another twenty lineal feet of rounds have been chopped and stacked. The kids are coming into their lumberjack rhythm. And I am humming a tune right along with them.

And yoga was a hit! The kids worked out and bent and twisted and marveled at our local yogi. Then, when they found out his age, they were shocked. The kids can’t – as a rule – bend or twist like even an average-but-athletic kid from Vancouver. They just don’t do exercise much and they certainly don’t do ‘sweaty, hard, muscle-challenging’ exercise even when they do get active. Eric is the most active and his response to ‘what sports do you play?’ was…….table tennis! Our Hong Kong 20 year-olds can’t touch their toes!

But all that is changing. They are young and slim and full of energy and curiosity and so ‘working their bodies’ is a new kind of fun for them. Although the bloom has gone off that rose for me, I must admit to enjoying them discover their ‘hidden athlete’ and acting on it. It is fun to watch.

It’s been a good day.