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In the past month or so Nadia has been brave enough to leave home and walk to the center courtyard, by herself, to play with the neighborhood girls. At first, we were a bit scared letting her out, out of eye site, to the other side of our townhome building, but we are now comfortable letting her go on her own as long as there are other kids there. On Dad's way home from work he often sees her playing with the kids there. She successfully completed her creative dance program at Shadbolt Center near Deer Lake and is re-registered for next year. Tot Gym Two Gymnastics at Queens Park was another program Nadia successfully completed. Way to go! Nadia is beginning to mimic mommy's phrases and mannerisms, often sounding cute and older than her age! She loves to sing and knows some Beatles songs ("O-blah-dee, o-blah-da, life goes on") and surprising a lot about The Beatles, for example: "John Lennon was shot because he was famous and someone was jealous".We're