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Scenes from a birthday morning...

Blast off! Ezra's third birthday party. Geilston Bay Community Centre, Geilston Bay. July 2011. Consider today's Sunday Top Five as a photo retrospective to birthday's past. My Top Five Birthday Cakes That I Have Made For Certain Sons Of Mine In The Past Four Years! Ezra's 3rd : Yesterday's rocket ship, as modeled on the beauty seen in Wallace and Gromit's A Grand Day Out . Henry's 2nd : Elmo! Henry's 3rd : crocodile attack! Ezra's 2nd : shoot for the moon ! Henry's 4th : Jaws - The Revenge . The picture on the front hopefully gave them a clue as to what it was supposed to be. Ezra's third birthday party. Geilston Bay Community Centre, Geilston Bay. July 2011. Ezra prior to the ceremonial extinguishment of the flaming candles. Ezra's third birthday party. Geilston Bay Community Centre, Geilston Bay. July 2011.

Part six of six. Latterly ... Hamming it up. Eaglehawk Neck. January 2011. A little fresh. Opossum Bay Beach, February 2011. A late summer icy pole. Seven Mile Beach, March 2011. This is it. The Cenotaph, Hobart, April 2011. Hoorah! Geilston Bay, June 2011. Happy birthday Ezra, you're a lovely lad!

Part five of six. The moody years... Should be sleeping. Home, Autumn 2010. Yes. Home, Winter 2010. Baby it's cold outside. Home, Winter 2010. Whatever ya reckon. Home, Spring 2010. Refugee. Home, Spring 2010.

Part four of six. The mellow years... Christmas! Home, December 2009. Take me to the place I love, take me all the way... Montague Bay, January 2010. Traveling in style. Don River Railway, Forth. January 2010. Hitching a lift. Fossil Bluff, Wynyard. January 2010. The artist at work. Home, Autumn 2010.

Part three of six. The theme here seems to be one of dribble ... Front yard hunk. Winter 2009. Taking some rays. The living room, Winter 2009. On the move. Geilston Bay Community Centre. Winter 2009. The curls arrive... Home, Spring 2009. Three of us. Home, Spring 2009. Yo Henry, Ezra! Home, Spring 2009.

Part two of six. A beautiful baby blossoms ... Ice cream baby! Sullivan's Cove, Summer 2009. It's all in the eyes. Geilston Bay, Autumn 2009. JAWS! Geilston Bay, Autumn 2009. Good Friday in the gardens. Royal Hobart Botanical Gardens, April 2009. Deep in thought. Home, Winter 2009.

Excuse the interruption for this special message... HAPPY THIRD BIRTHDAY EZRA ! ! ! ! Thus, we shall celebrate in the usual This is Your Life -style with a trip through the three magnificent years that Ezra has spent on planet Earth... 47 seconds after birth. RHH Birth Centre, July 2008. Day four. Home, Geilston Bay. July 2008. After dinner nap. August 2008 Brothers! Home, Geilston Bay, Spring, 2008 You handsome devil! Home, Geilston Bay. Summer 2009. This is part one of a six part series...