esther, now a teenager

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esther turned 13 today making her a teenager (and jane and i feel old). 

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amazingly she waited until i got home to open her family present.

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we’d been telling her for a few weeks we’d got her a violin which she wasn’t particularly excited about.  so kezia got her a teeny weeny piece of rosin for the bow and jane hid her proper present in her violin case (ipod touch)

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during the day the girls went to crazy golf with debbie, laura and laura’s cousin.

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meanwhile i went to work and got a ‘be your best’ prize in our team meeting for the project i worked on for a year which ended with a good result last week.  yay.

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no idea why this picture came out with esther as a fire-breather.  something to do with internal reflections on my camera.  looks good though hey?