A credit to his parents

When a lovely friend from way back comes on a rare fleeting visit,

and she hasn't seen your wee bairns for a while,

naturally you hope that they will make a good impression.

So it was perhaps a little disconcerting for her to meet this one on the landing

on his way out to a Hallowe'en party:

So in the interests of redressing the balance

and with the faint suspicion that she might chance across this blog on her return,

I have been permitted to post this:

That's my boy.

But not for much longer.

There's an 18th coming up very soon.