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Our Week in Pictures #365 (2)

June 16, 2013 By In The Playroom in Photos 4 Comments Tags: photo collage, weekly photos

Some photos from the week. From top left

Mr T (3 year old)
Chicken Skewers for a dinner at our house
Mr T finally got some school uniform!
Mr Z (4 year old) excited to try out Shelby’s Snack Shack from Learning Resources (Review is coming very soon!)
Mr R (1 year old) giggling on his toddlebike, he was having his friend over to play
Walking to school

We also went to the Aquarium and you can see pics of that here

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