Jalapenos, anyone?

So tomorrow marks one week of having K here. She is still pretty shy, but there are times where we see the funny, bouncy child she really is. (If you play Uno with her, she is very good and will be funny and sassy while she is beating you!)

She is veeeeerryyyy slowly starting to talk more. Over today, we got 3 whole sentences out of her. "In L-tvia, I swim in (insert word for lake/pool/river/creek here)." Then she said it in R-ssian AND L-tvian in an attempt to help me know what she meant. She also was teasing Jadyn after playing the Wii and said "I am winner. You is loser." Then giggled when Jadyn said it back to her. She has the best laugh. Ever. The End. It's like sun is shining in my living room when she laughs. I love it.  (There are some moments I literally ache for her to have more confidence!)

Yesterday we went to church. She went into class with Jadyn, and J said she did fine in there. She is very well behaved, so I wasn't worried, I just didn't want her to be completely overwhelmed. Apparently, she wasn't, lol. She even did the motions to the songs they sang.

One of our friends is a fireman, so we went to his station mid afternoon and he showed the girls the trucks and equipment and then let the kids get in the fire truck. That was pretty neat. Hadley (3) asked what would happen if she touched the fire truck. She had such awe in her voice; it was cute!

Then the cap on our weekend was going to the Laser Show at Stone Mountain. We met up with friends who are also hosting, and had a great time. K had fun with their girl (also L-tvian) and ate and laughed and ran so much, I'm amazed she didn't throw up, LOL.

Today we went to a lake near us that has a white sand beach. She was in heaven. And she didn't sunburn. She was pretty sedate the rest of the day...guess it all finally caught up with her. She was happy to hear we're going again soon.

One more crazy thing.....typically, these kids don't like spicy foods. They like sweet, salty and creamy, but not hot. Gabe was eating a *shudder* pickled jalapeno and saw K was eyeing it. He made sure she knew it would be HOT and she said, "Yes. Okay." and popped a piece in her mouth and nodded in approval. Then she ate more. Didn't sweat or flinch. Amazing. I think they bonded. Pretty sure she is the only L-tvian to enjoy and eat more of those! I'm still shaking my head!!!