Connor's Birthday.

You have to feel for Connor. Every year his mother takes off to play in
Darts competitions and it is always around his birthday!

She couldn't even miss one last year when it was his 13th Birthday!!

I wonder how he will turn out. Will he be a giving adult putting himself
last when it comes to his children or selfish like his mother putting his
wants about those of his children! Can't really blame Karen as she was
brought up that way. Her mother always bought her smokes and put her
bingo above her 5 kids! You learn from your parents.

Anyway this year he was with dad. I had wanted to take him out again to the
city but as I had Maddy that was not going to happen. We went around and
I gave him the drawing stuff and he seemed happy with that. Especially as
it was from Smiggle (He said that is the expensive store from the plaza in
Traralgon, so he had seen it before and looked at the stuff but had never
been given any before!)

He has finally started to grow UP. He is now getting quite tall (and thin).