It was D’s birthday last Saturday and the grandchildren painted some beautiful pictures to give him.

This is by E age 6 – smiley spiders and pretty flying things.

The one below by G age 5. He likes football (as does his Dad and Grandad) – no.8 is Wayne Rooney (although my footballing experts tell me he’ll be no. 10 next season).

And this sparkly one by M age 18 months.

These photos don’t really do them justice, in particular the colours in M’s painting look a bit pale but in reality it’s really lovely.