My son Dante finished up at Montessori (pre-school) at the end of June. Shortly before term wrapped, his lovely teacher Mary arranged for a face-painter to come in and transform the children into whatever they wanted to be. Dante went for... Optimus Prime, from Transformers! I asked him to smile for a photo when he came home, and after pulling a varie of faces, he finally grudingly flashed his fangs. But I think the different faces capture his personality better than I ever could with words, so I'm inlcuding a few more snaps than I nromally do in my Sunday family posts. Also, for some reason he was most delighted with how his hands had been coloured, so I've stuck in a photo of those too, to keep the little guy happy! :-)

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