First fire of the season

We had our first fire of the season in our fireplace today. It may seem a strange thing to be excited about but we had a fireplace for six years before moving to Prague. Both of our parents have fireplaces as well so we are used to having a cozy fire going on a chilly night. When we moved to our apartment in Prague we did not have a fireplace and I cannot say that I missed it. Since I never saw a fireplace I didn't really think of it but now that we have one again we have all been anxiuosly awaiting a cold day to fire it up. The kids are fascinated by the fire. We heard the following once the fire was going. "How did you make it? Did you use a lot of matches? It is so big! It's cold, let's sit in front of it. It's too hot in here. I'm roasting!" We are looking forward to having many fires this year.