The life of my three year old MK.

    My little boy will be 4 years old in less than six months.  He has lived on the mission field for almost his whole life, first as a Missionary Kid (MK) on Quadra island where daddy was the cook, and now here in Guatemala where daddy is still the cooks, but does lots of other ministries as well.  Sometimes I wonder what it will be like for my little guy when he looks back at his life... 

Z and friends watching the movie during the kids club (while their moms are learning to read). 

Riding his bike to the base from our house.  

Eating a pancake breakfast with daddy and our friend Oscar.  

Z and dad watering the garden in the backyard.  Z loves to help care for the yard. 

Z and mommy at the beach.  Z is a little scared of the big waves, but he loves to dig holes and make castles.  He likes to swim in pools better than in the ocean, and he can swim all by himself (wearing water wings).  

Z helps daddy pick vegetables from our garden to eat with lunch.  

Z loves fruits and veggies.  This is a picture of a week's worth of produce from the market.  ( value: $7, approx.).  

 Z likes to babysit our friend's puppy, Kia.  

 Z and Oscar 

    Z has started forming sentences in Spanish.  We don't know any children who speak English, so he is learning Spanish by playing with other kids.  We have to stay on top of our Spanish slang though as his friends have taught him some bad words, and we have to know these words so we can teach him not to say them. Hahaha!  

     We don't have a washing machine or a bath tub, so we use a big purple tub to soak laundry or to give Z his baths.   He likes to help squish clothes into the bucket when I am having a big laundry day, and sometimes gets into the bucket with the clothes to stomp the dirt out of the laundry with his feet!   Z is a great helper.   

   There aren't a lot of playgrounds where we live, so sometimes when I want to bring Z somewhere fun we go into Antigua and go to McDonalds so he can play in the play place.  They have great coffee, so I can sit and enjoy a drink while he plays.  It's a nice treat for both of us.  Z also loves riding his bike, playing in the sand pile in the backyard, reading books, and watching movies.   

      Ahhhhhh, the life of an MK.