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On Friday evening my aunt arrived with her husband and a child who they look after once a month. This was really nice surprise for my niece (although I did let it slip earlier so that she would be expecting them)(preventing her headaches). My niece and the boy really clicked and started to play right away. Even though it was really late, we let them play just for a little while.

On Saturday morning they played a bit more, because the fun park where we decided to go opened at noon. So we had to spent the time between six am to noon at my place. Then we went to Tykkimäki, which is a family fun park, mostly for children not so much for adults. As the boy was so little he needed an adult to company him on some rides. This did not slow them down at all. I did two rides: Ferris Wheel and a frog ride (you would pedal on a circuit about four meters above the ground). Luckly there were also a play ground and a hoplop type of a place where the two could spend the rest of their energy. I am happy to say that when we left no one was crying "why do we have to leave". Also the only persons to get some sun burn were the adults. 

On Sunday I let my niece watch a bit more TV than normally. Just because she woke up before six and the boy slept till eight. He would have slept even longer if my aunt hadn't woken him up. So my niece watched the tv a bit before he woke up, so that she wouldn't make too much noise. Then she watched again with the boy. They also spent quite some time outside this morning too. My aunt et al left for home before noon, after which my niece called her mother to fill her in about her travels. She said as a good bye "I'm going out to see if there are any friends there". As it has been promised that there will be thunder, I first wondered if we should go for a swim or not. But because the sun started to shine, I decided that we should go. So after having watched a movie (while I did the laundry) we left for the beach. It is not a big beach and it is really trouble some to get a parking space. I was lucky and was able to get a space near the lake. 

I do have to admit that I did not swim. There was so many kids in the water that I did not see it very pleasent. I was able to let my niece go by herself as she had been to a swimming school earlier. Also she had a swimming ring to help her. I was not far away and I was all prepared to go in, if she asked me to. We had a snack with us at the beach. Now she is doing the dishes (washing, rinsing and putting them to dry). I have offered to help many times but she refused my help. 

Oh, my favourite quote so far: "there is something similar with you and my mom?!"