How did that happen?

 Not sure quite how this happened but the apprentice is now 8 years old!!!

 8 years since he arrived at Rock HQ (on a day that England beat France in the 6 nations I remember it well) and here he is larger than life tooling himself up for a Nerf gun fight.

 Amazing.

 So a birthday t was in order

 and RRMk2 likes to be centre of attention, as a gnome

 then as an alien.

 Posers, hate them.

 A very happy family day.

This is he as a Lion, best not ask.