Day 24 - Sunday entertainment

• We went swimming with the kids this morning which was very nice. My current main task is to teach Florian how to swim without water wings (or any other flotation devices). I am still not quite sure how to go about that because I have absolutely no clue how I actually learned to swim. Today I simply had him play around and jump into the water with me catching him. He liked to be without the water wings, so I guess that's a good start.
• In the afternoon friends passed by our place and we invited them in. The weather was fantastic (very sunny and warm) so the kids could play in the garden. Florian played prison again (basically you have to imprison him and he breaks out), Matthias and Katharina (our friend's daughter) played hide and seek. When two toddlers play hide and seek, the result only barely resembles the original rules but is very funny to watch. Any hidden kid when asked where they are steps out of the hiding place and shouts "HERE!".
• We asked Matthias why he did somehing yesterday and he simply answered: "Because!"
• Matthias was shaking a small cupboard in our bathroom where we keep all different kinds of cosmetic and bathing stuff. I told him to stop it, of course he continued. I told him again to stop it, and so on. He got so angry that he gave the cupboard a really sudden jolt so that a hand mirror fell down on his head and he started crying (I told him so!). Remember: Toddlers are stronger than you think and telling them off is not enough.
  
• Lunch: Cordon Bleu and chips at the swimming pool, Dinner: Spaghetti.