We tried calling the kids yesterday morning and were a little bummed when we couldn’t get them on the phone. No one answered the phone at the children’s home this time. Rob and I had already decided that if we didn’t reach them on Saturday we’d try the same time on Sunday. We were so excited when someone answered on Sunday. We politely asked for Olegs and Kristine in Latvian and the woman on the other end shouted for someone to go get them. Then we heard lots of laughing in the background. We always assume they’re laughing at us because our attempts to speak their language must sound pretty funny to them.
A few minutes later Kristine was on the line and immediately started playing some sort of kiddy music into the phone for us. It sounded like that music you hear when the ice cream truck is coming down the street. At least that was before she disconnected us and we had to call back. LOL! Our Kristine is quite the little social butterfly. A couple of her girlfriends came to the phone with her and they were all giggling the entire time. We asked her what they were doing today and she said they were playing with Barbies. She said the weather in Latvia was rainy today. We asked her if she enjoyed her time in America and she exclaimed “Yes, Yes, Yes!” Once again we told her how much we missed her and loved her and she said “me too.” She told us they will be starting school this week and she isn’t looking forward to it. Next she put her friend, Agnese, on the phone and we got to talk to her for a minute. She did more laughing than talking. Each time we asked her something, she’d say “What?” and put Kristine on the phone to translate. We’re so happy that Kristine felt comfortable putting her friends on the phone. We can’t wait to meet all their friends.
We only talked to Olegs for a few minutes this time. We pictured the poor little guy surrounded by Kristine and her giggling friends and imagined he probably wanted to get away from them as fast as he could. LOL! He sounded happy to hear from us. We talked to him long enough to tell him we love him and miss him so much. He also replied, “me too.” We asked him what he was doing today and he just said “nothing.” We asked him if he was having fun and he said “no.” He later admitted that he had played a little bit. He said he was glad to be going back to school. We told him how smart we think he is and he said “thank you.” Then in a flash he was off to something else and Kristine was back on the phone.
It was a great call. We told them both that we hope to see them soon and we want them to show us their favorite places in Riga. We told them that we will call them every week. Rob and I can’t wait to hear when our first court date will be so we’ll know when we’ll be traveling to Latvia. In the meantime, we look forward to these weekly calls. We’ll be thinking about Olegs and Kristine this week as they go back to school.
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