Mum of bonnie baby winner says ‘go for it!’
When he was named winner of last year’s Lochaber Times' Bonnie Babies competition, Kai Duncan Laverty of Caol was a star performer in front of the camera.
A year later, and getting ready to celebrate his second birthday next week, it seems his love of the limelight is as infectious as ever.
With just a few days remaining until the deadline for entries for this year’s competition, our photographer Iain Ferguson popped along to the Caol home Kai and his siblings share with dad and mum Kenny and Linda Laverty to see how the toddler was getting on after his brush with fame last year.
‘We all really enjoyed the competition last year – it was great fun,’ Linda said.
‘Kai enjoyed the attention, with people even pointing to him and saying ‘there’s the Bonnie Baby winner!’
Linda and Kenny received a £500 cheque, some of which was spent on a trampoline and slide for Kai and brothers Connor, Kyle, Aaron and sister Shannon to enjoy in the family garden in Fern Court.
Linda added: ‘I’d urge parents to enter their babies. It was a great experience that the whole family enjoyed.’ Kai won the competition after receiving more than 800 votes. More than 150 wonderful photographs were entered from across the Lochaber Times and Oban Times circulation areas.
The deadline for this year’s competition is noon on Monday March 25. Full competition details on our website at www.obantimes. co.uk/bonniebabies