Day 46 - Star Wars

• Florian invented a joke today: "Two men play chess, one says 'UNO'!". Well not very funny, but you can start to see the basics of humour developing in his brain.
  
• Do you know rainsticks? Do you know what a "washing slide" is ? (I'm not sure what the correct English word is, but basically it's a big pipe connecting our bathroom to the cellar, where the washing machine is, where you throw in the dirty clothes so you don't have to walk the stairs). Florian today took a full box of marbles and poured them down the slide! That was very cool, because it sounded like a gigantic rainstick, more like a typhoon actually.
• I have a couple of miniature comic Star Wars figures. One of them is Han Solo in carbonite. When you wind him up he shakes himself out of the carbonite. Florian asked me today what the black stuff is. I told him that's carbonite. He answered: "Oh yes, I know that, Superman is weak against that!" "No, that's cryptonite!"
• One other figure is Boba Fett. I explained the kids who that is and that his father is Jango Fett. Florian immediately wanted to know who his mother is. "Well, there is no mother he is a clone." "What is a clone?" ... long explanation about cloning follows. "But still he needs a mother because who gave birth?"... long explanation about scifi and breeding units. Matthias asks: "Who is Han Solo's mother?" ... I shouldn't have started the whole topic!!
• Most respected jobs for kids (more specific: boys) a father can have: binman, firefighter, policeman, builder, lorry driver, race driver. Least respected jobs: investment banker, lawyer, accountant, controller, quality assurance for binders. Game developer is at least OK.
  
• Lunch: Pizza, Dinner: Vegetables and rice.