Scared of the dark?

How ironic!

When we were away recently, we arrived in the town after dark. Both children were a little overwhelmed to be arriving in a strange town and told to get out of the car in a church square to walk down the street (I love small town Italy!). When we got to the house, we took them out into the garden so they could see the stars - poor little London dwellers, never get to see the stars - but they were having none of it and just wanted to be taken inside.

I thought Charlotte would love to be outside at night but it appears that familiarity and security are more important to the almost-twos than being able to fully explore. I can wait until she is older to start our night time explorations together.