Day 25 - Language

• More language hell: Florian today asked me: "What is a nigger?" I explained it to him and mentioned that it is definitely not a nice word to say. He didn't understand why since kids obviously have not notion of political correctness or racism.
• Matthias is experimenting with words as well. Today he used "überhaupt" ("actually") all the time. So he said stuff like "I like cows actually" or "I actually want some water" and so on.
  
• When we walked to nursery this morning we again found a lot of dog shit. This time Florian noticed his little brother's obscure research topic and said: "Matthias, why are you so interested in dog poo? Are you a dog yourself, because only dogs are interested in their faeces?" (well he didn't exactly use the word "faeces").
• Today when we went shopping Matthias wanted to race against me. BUT he was sitting in his pushchair. I tried to explain to him that I can't possibly race him when he is not running. He wanted to race anyway. So I ran and pushed. Having no real chance to overtake him as he was always in front he obviously won the race and was very happy about his victory.
• When I pick up Florian from nursery I'm the local hero because a) I am a man on paternity and b) I pick up Florian and the neighbour's two daughters, so I am walking home with four(!) children. Try that if you want to know what multitasking means.
• I found some Lego today in a lampshade which is at about 1,8m height. Always puzzles me where toys can end up.
• I discovered something cool to do with children today. Dress up with stupid props and then take pictures (example).
• Lunch & Dinner: Chinese "slippery egg meat" (hua dan rou).