Monday, February 16, 2009

Happy Birthday Vytas.

Today is Vytas' 23rd birthday and also Lithuanian Independence Day. Our national hero is Vytautas the Great and as Peter's middle name, and his Dad's name is Vytas that made the choice of name easy. So ....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VYTAS.


I love these birthday posts as they give me an excuse to look through all the baby photos and enjoy those childhood memories.

Just 18 months old with lovely blonde curls.




Off for his first morning at nursery age 4 years and 3 months, and mums didn't stay.
He did enjoy himself though. On the home visit he refused to draw a picture of Mum or Dad telling the teacher that " I only draw rockets." which he then did. 12 years later he attended Space School at Leicester University followed by a Masters in Physics with space science so obviously he was serious about the rockets.





Age 18.







Using a tree pole to demonstrate pike techniques to his brothers. He and his fiancee Kate, are now regular members of The Sealed Knot, a re-enactment society that we took part in as a family before we moved to Devon.






Now he has long hair, (which I love), and a beard, (which I don't). He and Kate visit us in the holidays as they still live up in Leicester where Kate is doing her masters and Vytas commutes to Milton Keynes where he is doing a PhD.