Dad's 70th

Oh Grandma, what big teeth you have!

It doesn't seem possible that Dad is 70! He doesn't look it - 70 used to be 'old' for goodness sake! This man is still clambering up ladders and is out in the garden 8 hours a day!

Anyway, it happened! His birthday party was fancy dress, of course, and the theme was 'R' ~ anything beginning with the letter R, thus leaving quite a few options open to all and sundry.

Dad of course came as himself - R for Roberto


I came as 'Little Red Riding Hood' which was a bit of a stretch - the funny thing was that there were another 2 red Riding Hoods in the building (one to be spotted in this pic sitting down to the left!)


Mum and Dad's (slightly mad) guests came in all sorts of costumes - most of them cleverly contorted into titles which had the letter R...

On the left here we have R-Dan ...

...with his arm around the aging Rock star Ringo Starr!

A double whammy for the RRRRRRRs there - although by the end of the night he had been renamed Juan Lennon (the lesser known Spanish sibling of John!) as the person behind all the hair is none other than our lovely friend Jose Ramon Torres Castro!

Then we have the famous backing group The Robettes Dad's fan club; who came in waving a banner and singing!

In this next picture we seem to have a man in red chatting to a Racer who was actually Valentino Rossi, and they are passing the time of day with a Ranger!

 In this slightly more crowded shot, we have (from Left to right)

A lady in Red, one of the Robettes, dancing with the Rhinestone Cowboy, another Red Riding Hood, a Rani, and then we have a Rep sitting down in front of the aforementioned Ringo! On the right you can see the long red cloak of the 3rd Red Riding Hood

Next we have a red-head and a Rabbit - can you spot the family resemblance????







I reckon Uncle Ste's legs are as good as Mum's!






And here is the Rasta Man...(bringing cakes and trifle!)








Finally, and I have to say, the best costume of them all - was Janey's. Can you guess what she came as...?

Roberto on one side, and Roberto on the other. That makes Snap!