Laternenfest

Yesterday kids at the Kita had a Laternenfest (Lantern Festival). Traditionally it's in honour of St Martin, but these days it's more of an excuse to let kids walk around with a lantern and sing sonds. Last year we went on one of these but then without an actual lantern. This year kiddies and parents made their lanterns at the Kita and last night the weather was perfect for it - it was very very foggy and made the whole procession all the more magical. There was a little play performing the story of St Martin himself, we sang a few songs, walked around the nearby block in a somewhat disorganised procession and then ate loads and loads of sweet things and drank Gluhwein (despite the fact that our Kita is half Russian, there was a non-alcoholic version for the little ones).

During the eating part of the evening Timmy got seated in front of a big round plate with a very yummy looking cake on it. At this point he assumed that 'big plate with cake' = 'my little plastic plate at home'. Thus he proceeded to eat piece after piece, after piece of this cake right from the platter. I counted that he ate at least four slices. Afterwards our friends Anita, Ilja and Hannes came over to our place for a bit of an afterparty and Tim kept running back and forth to Anita for tickles. Basically he ended up having a huge sugar high that crashed very suddenly with a bit of a tantrum. Such is the hard life of a 1.5 year old.