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When we were out visiting family at Christmas we waited until the last day and asked the children how they'd feel about living in Aus. Luckily they were all very receptive to the idea.
The main problem we have is friends of the youngest crying when she tells them she's moving to Australia at the end of year 4. One in particular is being horrible to her at the moment as she doesn't want to be her friend anymore if she's leaving. I wouldn't mind too much but there's another 2 years before we go!!
We're giving the children the chance to get fully involved in choosing their schools (obviously it'll be a guided choice) and the new house (again, within reason) and we've promised them we'll get email addresses sorted out for them which they can pass onto their friends before we actually go. That and a huge party in the local village hall for all their friends before we go - that'll be fun!!
They're all very excited and can't wait to go but having a set time scale (ie at the end of year 9, year 7 and year 4) is making it a lot easier for them to wait.
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