Inward Renewal

Later this afternoon we will have a little cake celebration for Ian’s birthday so we hope that he’ll enjoy that.  I thought I would start his B-day off by taking him out for a ride to Ciyanjano – which he always loves.  Ireen was so excited she came along with him.  As usual, he and Ireen love to play with Katherine Sakala while I was tending to other things.  This morning I needed to repair a leaking shower.  Then I heard Ian screaming.  He and Ireen were covered with mpasi (red ants) that were biting them all over.  The ants had crawled into his socks, up his pant legs, and into his diaper.  Ouch!  These biting ants are notorious for stinging really bad.  I quickly stripped him down to his birthday suit and pulled off all the ants that had burrowed themselves in.  He screamed and screamed!  Eventually, Ian calmed down and the stinging subsided.  I scoured his clothes looking for any remaining ants.  Unfortunately, it was a traumatic birthday morning for him.  He slept like a baby all the way home.  When back at home, I gave him wheel barrow rides around the yard which helped him forget everything.