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Day two of long weekend and we have been busy! Yesterday we went bowling and today was a third birthday party where we got to dress as pirates!! We also bought Chad's wedding suit but no pictures of that until the big day!!

Our bowling outing was a rematch of a competition started a few weekends ago. We met up with Chad's brother and his kids and bowled up a storm. I had to do an emergency run to MacDonald's for a smoothie and apple slices as Gracie got a bit "hangry". Silly unorganised mum forgot to bring along healthy snacks #don'tjudgeme

The fun continued with a BBQ back at our house and much laughter as we watched the kids play together all evening.

Today Grace's friend George turned three. Grace and I were very excited about the pirate theme and rocked our outfits. I was very proud at how Grace built up the courage to get involved with the games. It can be hard when you are naturally a bit shy.

Chad has done such an amazing job helping her to build her gross motor skills and her confidence in herself is growing. I can see that she is prepared to give more new things a try and I'm a proud Mum seeing her tackle her fears.

In a few weeks we'll start daycare and I think we will see another step forward in how she takes on the world.

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