You all know what to expect on my blog on a Sunday, don't you? So here's the usual cluster of Shan family photos.

In the first, I love the way Dante and Gaia are playing with a toy cake. Like all big brothers, he's both adored and despised the new household arrival since his little sister hit the scene a couple of years ago, but they get along well most of the time, and he's very protective of her.

Gaia might only be two, but I've a feeling she could be an active protestor in years to come, given her habit of lying down and turning her body into a "stiff board" whenever she doesn't want to walk any further!!!

The final two were taken in a playground last month, and capture Gaia at her smiling best, and Daddy and Gaia at their roaring worst!!! :-)

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