TropicalSoup

Channelling Leonardo

 

…nope, not the Roman dude, the actor. This weekend, the kids and I were outside doing *art* - they were drawing and colouring, and I was writing when Imogen suddenly stands up on her chair, and arms outstretched declares *I’m the king of the world!*

I didn’t get a photo of the moment since I was so busy laughing it took all of my concentration not to fall off my chair!

So, anyone want to ‘fess up on passing on this gem to my progeny? I think I’m fairly safe in assuming that our 2 year olds haven’t figured out how to rent dvds and are working their way through Leo’s vast cinematic offerings just yet! I do have a fuzzy memory of the kids and their 3 *big girl* cousins striking a similar pose atop the little play structure near our bach at Christmas….

…whoever it was, thank you. It was such a funny moment to hear a phrase like that come out of a 2 year old’s mouth, seemingly completely out of left field! And of course, once Cole and Immy discovered the reaction it garnered, it has guaranteed at least daily performances, increasingly melodramatic as time goes on.

Spreading the love

You might have noticed that a password is no longer required to get on here. We've gone public...

 

 

 

...partly to share the tropical soup love, and partly because I got sick of having to jump through the password hoops every time I came here, and assumed you'd all be sick of it too! And since I haven't been posting myriad pics of nekkid munchkins, I thought we were fairly safe on that count too.

Plus, this way, it's way easier to make more friends, should any stumble by!

Our little Globe-trotters have returned....

  …from our halfway-round-the-world trip, and we’re settling back into island life. A little slowly, thanks to a really nasty bug that knocked us on our collective rears for over a week. Eeew!

 

The little munchkins are back to their happy energetic selves now, and we’re even finding our appetites again, which makes mealtimes and actually getting our little ones to ingest something a little more entertaining and varied and a little less stressful erm, interesting!

 

…and I know I’m getting better because I am like a cat on the proverbial warmed roof in search of something to do to sate my crafty appetite…and just can’t seem to settle on anything. Of course, I have come up with what seems like eleventy bajillion projects that would be ideal…if only I had the magical combination of a working sewing machine and some sewing machine needles. I currently have neither, and am impatiently waiting until a large ship docks in Victoria Harbour in another 4 to 6 weeks’ time, complete with a snazzy new sewing machine (and loads of needles!)

 

In the meantime, the hunt for the perfect piece of handwork continues….thank goodness for my helpers, ever-willing to help in mama's quest!