Category Archives: Kids
Dodge ball
The other day we were all playing dodge ball outside our apartment and a young French boy around Jonah’s age was watching us and we invited him to join. I was joking with DeAnna and asked if we should teach … Continue reading
Fun with boats
There are very few inexpensive children’s activities in Paris and we visited one that is well worth the 2 euro fee. At Jardin du Luxembourg they have a large fountain where you can rent a model sail boat and use … Continue reading
Knock Knock Jokes
On the way to school Joshua wanted to do knock knock jokes. Luckily he doesn’t insist that all the jokes are funny just that he can repeat what he has been told. Since today was April Fool’s day, what better … Continue reading
Cultural Differences
When Joshua was playing at the sandbox he was sharing his sand toys with another little French boy and they were both building roads for their pretend trucks to drive on. They were very intent on building the best sand … Continue reading
Train Witnessing
The other day on the train Jonah began singing Jesus Loves Me (in English) for everyone in our train car. Normally it’s silent on the train unless someone is playing the accordion or another performer is trying to put on … Continue reading
Making Friends
Jonah has been the only one in the family who is forced to speak in French the entire day, which is evident when he starts speaking and doesn’t have the pronunciation problems the rest of us have. DeAnna and I … Continue reading
Shoes
We walk many miles in a day to and from schools and stores. Joshua likes to run ahead of us because everything in his mind is a race and he wants to win. We noticed his heels and legs were … Continue reading
From the mouth of an MK (Missionary Kid)
Last night our family looked at pictures from the past 10 years. One of the pictures was the home we sold in Pleasant Hill, MO. Jonah looked at the picture and asked, “When do we get to go back to … Continue reading
Puppet Show
We had two little boys that were looking for something to do on the day off so DeAnna build a puppet show stage for Jonah out of a box that she found. Then we downloaded some pictures of different monsters … Continue reading
D squared + J squared = Anderson 