Whenever I am having a bit of a low day, I’m going to pull this video up and play his rendition of Old Macdonald on repeat and everything will be a lot happier.

Feel free to do the same.

It’s one of the prettiest rooms in China I’ve ever seen. Shiny floors. Lots of windows. Bright colors. Music notes that light up on the ceiling. And a spot in the middle of the room where you can whisper and hear your voice echo. Front and center in that 4th floor music room is a baby grand piano and a full drum set. And, no one on staff can play either of them, so I was told.

During our tour on Day 1, when we entered this room and were all ooo-ing and ahh-ing, the director asked if any of us could play either. Not really was our answer.

But, on Day 3, some of the boys’ pleading and leading and “boom boom”s made Kyle cave.

Art class became a full on party as Kyle tried his hands at the boom boom. His bravery was somehow contagious because as soon as he was ready to stop, Jen sauntered up to the scene in humility and surprised all of us with this.

 

And, I thought the orphanage was the only thing that was going to surprise me. Silly me.