esther’s birthday party

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well, the big activity of the day was esther’s birthday party.

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esther invited three friends from here class to her party and sleepover.

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lauren and amy both go to our church and all four of them including sunny(above) are in the same class at school.

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first up we went bowling

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the 4 older girls had one lane whilst kezia joined jane and me on the next lane.

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kezia did some great shots and beat all the girls in the other team on the first game

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here she is celebrating a strike.  pity i was using my slow lens which didn’t manage to focus in time

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anyway, after all that excitement we came back and there were a few more party games

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and again, here’s kezia winning the maltesers moved by sucking them up a straw game

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then it was time for party tea

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the older girls are now at an age where they aren’t so keen on photos.  kezia’s not there yet !

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after dinner/tea they ate donuts from a dangly string

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then kezia and i went shopping for washing up liquid and when we got back everyone was busy crafting.

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it’s nearly 10pm now and the noise levels have dropped so we’re hoping for a quiet night !