Before we unveil the 4th Annual Age Progression Photo Essay (if you will), here are a few outtakes from this year's photo shoot:

king for the day!

Gus, sitting proudly as he's crowned Birthday Boy (a little early) on his last day of school.
(You gotta click to enlarge that smile - you just gotta!!!)

Dear Grandpa Mike,

Your grandson has inherited your mechanical aptitude and dexterity.  Some might say it skipped a generation (shhh...  don't tell his papa):

Here he is putting back together the little circuit board he dismantled minutes earlier.  Only 9 little screws the size of pinheads stood between him and discovery - so of course, they didn't even slow him down.