Thu 14/12/06 - On Wednesday evening the Francophone public broadcaster RTBF interrupted its normal programmes with the news that Flanders had declared independence.

(see also this article ). While some people are amused, most were shocked, however Belgium is still one country.

Meanwhile Mira has gone through a series of difficult nights because her first tooth has finally declared independence. She's been playing with it with her tongue all day long!
She's also started 3 'meals' a day- kiwi, banana, apple, potato, carrot, zucchini... We try and give her bite sized pieces, instead of mashing it all, and she can drink water from a cup (slightly assisted of course).