If I thought it would take him a few days to come out of his shell, I was wrong! This morning, Jon was gone to football early, so Matiss slept in. Once up, he and I had biscuits with strawberry jam, some strawberries and apples. He seemed pretty happy with that. He took a bath and seems to love the garden tub, sort of like his own little pool! Then, he and I had a light saber match, at which point Jon came home and I relinquished my saber to him so I could get ready! We hadn't gone into our newly almost-finshed basement yet with him, so we went down there to introduce the music room. He was in heaven! He loves everything muscial, so this is a good place to be since we have guitars, keyboards, microphones, etc. Jon handed him the electric guitar, which, with the amp cranked up is incredibly loud! After only 2 or 3 strums up and down, with the biggest grin he looked up and said, "rock and roll." We died laughing, it was so funny. He was just elated to strum that guitar like crazy. Later we went by church, and he caught sight of the drums! Oh my... what's the Latvian word for gentle? Whatever it is, he doesn't know it. This boy is serious about his music, he even makes faces to go along with his music. He was singing tonight, of all things, MC Hammer's "Can't touch this." My, my, what an interesting little one! Don't you think he fits right in here? I saw none of this "Mr. Personality" in Latvia. It just goes to show you what a child-centered environment can do, take a child from being 1 of 100 to 1 of 1 and they are free to express themselves, be creative, show off a little, etc. It's amazing to watch. Enjoy the pictures of our rock-n-roller!
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Look at that! How more 'Vernon' could he get! What a blessing! I can't wait to hang out with him! I know your having so much fun already!
"Can't touch this" - I bet it sounded really cute with his accent. Isn't it funny how a child from another country seems to know the lyrics to mnay American songs? During our stay in Kaz we kept our windows open all the time (no a/c in apartment), anyway one night we were going to bed and we could hear singing coming from the playground outside our apartment. The kids were singing "We will, we will, rock you..." They sang it over and over in broken English, it was quite funny to listen to, but I thought they sounded pretty good. We are glad Matiss seems to have some musical talent - should fit in nicely...
Ha Ha, I could not wait to wake up to read this so I can pray for you. Well the prayers today will keep a smile on my face. I am so glad it has been entertaining. I cannot wait to see what God has in store for Him. The pictures are great....Probably should invest in some ear plugs...every morning when he gets up I bet he goes downstairs to play. We love you guys...enjoy him!
Well said.
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