It probably hasn't escaped anyone's attention that this region has had more than its share of wildfires recently. So very sad. A little mountain town that we enjoyed (Marc and Serena took two holidays there last year) was simply erased from the map on Feb 7th. (Tho we should say that, apart from emotionally, Melbourne itself has not been affected).
Given all this, when Georgie came running down the hall last week saying "I see fire, I see fire" it was a bit shocking. She led us back down the hallway to the source of the problem -- a picture of a firefighter. I guess the "fighter" part wasn't in her vocab just yet :-).
Owen is starting to read a bit -- it's so sweet listening to him read books to Georgie. He really likes his new (5 day per week) kindergarten. Georgie has settled pretty smoothly into childcare too, especially because we let her take her favourite sheepskin along. Whenever we announce that she needs to go to childcare, she responds "I bring sheepie"? Provided it's a "yes", she's totally happy.
