Big Camp and Riah's Birthday

At the end of June, North Queensland has its big camp. So up to Townsville we go for a week of spiritual renewal. The highlight of the week were the meetings by Dr John Hammond, and the stories he told. We enjoyed those even more than the nightly meetings of the big tent. The other great thing was taking the time out to go for a walk along the river every morning. I usually took Zekai along with me in the pram and we'd go a couple of k's up and back down the river. One morning, I took a few pics of the river and the wildlife. One photo I like is of a cormorant and a turtle in a tree, both sun-baking.

So Riah has been obsessed with anything to do with superheroes, sticks, swords, and generally anything active or destructive. When the little fella decides to turn four, what would he like on his cake? "Swords and knives please." Then, as every good parent does, I lecture him on the evils of violence and the virtues of passivism - and then make him the cake he wants. Have a look:

Just to give it an appearance of chivalry we put a shield shape behind it.