Friday, July 11, 2008

You know you've lived in the tropics for a while...

When you buy your son and daughter new rubber boots (to wear in the village next week if it rains) and they have to practice walking in them first and then they don’t want to take them off. Brynnie wore her new pink ones to the pool yesterday along with her Dora the Explorer bikini…

When your four year old son says he wants to go to Canada and wear one of those hats with a ball on the top of it and play in the snow…

When your two year old daughter is fascinated with socks and long pants and wants to wear them no matter how hot it is…

When 24 degrees Celsius feels like you’re sitting in your refrigerator… (No togues yet Martina, although many Papuans wear them...)

*Next week we are going to a village interior with all the MAF staff for our annual Family Conference... The kids are so excited they've already started packing...

2 comments:

Mary said...

Have a great time at the conference..and if your kids pack anything like ours you will need lots of extra room.

Anonymous said...

Love the toque reference! Do you wear them when you come home on furlough?