New Journeys
Bubbles, Explosions, mom, xo (1)
Candle boats!
We were introduced to these toys by the movie Ponyo and hadn't seen them since, until the other day when our Canadian friends brought us a pair from Toronto. Powered by a tiny candle, these little boats pop-pop around the bathtub as the steam passes through tiny pipes in the hull. It's an adventure just watching them go, since it takes a fair amount of patience priming the engine and hoping your boat ever starts when your brother's boat is already on it's second candle and ramming your boat as you desperately try to warm up the boiler plate... ...