Meatball Regatta

Those two pairs of beautiful velvety eyes bathed in a soft glow of a warm February sun were actually watching THIS:



Karl doing his best crazy ostrich impression during his first carrousel ride of the season. It was a blast and Henri was of course immensely jealous not being allowed on the merry-go-round yet. Great lazy weekend though. Karl and Henri mainly running the show by themselves. Karl even entrusting Henri with the role of first shipmate on his beloved pirate ship, patiently reassembling the crows' nest again and again, since it seemed to be Henri's great to just rip it from the mast and wave it triumphantly And since we're on the topic of pirates - we hadn't posted any photos of our wild day at the ERs yet, when some other kid poked Karl in the eye and we sang "Pirate Eye" to the melody of Hall & Oates' "Private Eye" to Karl. Looks funny, eh? Well, it wasn't. Applying antibiotic ointment onto the retina of a three year old was actually a stunt Johnny Knoxville had to leave out of his last Jackass movie, because no insurance would back it.



The whole affair luckily was over in a matter of 48 hours, impressive testament to the healing powers of a kid's body. Sunday Karl and I went to see "Karneval der Tiere" played by the very orchestra that put out the fantastic CD-Box of classical music for kids Omi got Karl for Christmas. Karl went into his usual concert state of mesmerized trance. Back home there was more entertainment waiting for Karl. He's not a great eater, so the only way to get him to finish his meal is to combine fun food with entertainment. Normally it's a story about the adventures of Knight Karl and his friend Cowboy Roy. Today Fred came up with a great new show though - the meatball regatta. Fancy sailracers made out of Köttbullar, chips and cucumber slices. Big success. They all made it to the finishing line.