Just testing things a bit - I've managed to update the back end of this creaking ancient old blog site. Images were not working before, posts were a bit iffy and half of it didn't work... if you can see a pic of Felix…
Family
Matt, the main blogger round these parts is patriarch and assistant manager to a rather special family. Other members are: Eirene, patient and beautiful wife and mother to their 4 mini them. Introducing the DragonDroplets: Felix (born 1998), Jaygo (2001) Sophie (2006) and Annie Mo (2013). Augmented with a Labradinger dog (half English Springer, half Chocolate Lab).
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SuperbirthdayI took a day off work for my birthday. First step was being showered with gifts - a bottle of Johnny Walker black 12 and a plethora of upgrade items to pimp my shisha. After a bit of pottering about, dropping the kids…
- Sophie is 13
A bit late posting this.. But.. I'm sat here on a Friday morning (the first day of the weekend in Arab lands). My two girls are on the sofa next to me watching the intertubes. All of a sudden, we've got a teenager in…
Annie is 6 (tomorrow)I've just read a Dr. Seuss story to my 5 year old. Tomorrow morning, she'll be 6. I've read so my Dr. Seuss stories to my kids over the last 20 years, I probably know them all off by heart. It's the last time I'll read…
- Annie growing up
Google Photos decided to make a video of what it called 'Don't they grow fast' by piecing together lots of video clips of Annie over the past few years. It makes my nose tickle. Embedded content
Felix is 20Felix, our first boy spent his birthday with us yesterday. We had a tip top day, but the best thing about it was (nearly - with the exception of Jaygo who's in the UK) that we all spent it together. In the morning, we…
Back in the UK for a bitUp until a day or three ago, it's been non stop since I landed back in the UK at the end of July. The first few days were spent in Hampshire - near Stone Henge - at Eirene's uncles house. Big family gathering, camping…
May2018It has been three months since the girls, Jaygo and I moved to Dubai however It feels like so much longer. We have achieved so much in that time and the children have done so well adjusting to their new surroundings.…
Sophie is 12Maker:L,Date:2017-9-27,Ver:5,Lens:Kan03,Act:Kan02,E-Y We've just come back from a camping adventure to celebrate Sophie's 12th birthday. She's had a great time - we all have. We stayed at Bin Majid Beach Hotel's beach…
- Annie moves to Dubai
We made a short video about Annie's move to Dubai to share with her old class back at Grove Road School, Harrogate.
- Annie is 5
Our first family birthday in Dubai. Followers of our blog will know that birthdays are a big deal for us and Annie is thr first one of us to celebrate in our new abode in Dubai. It's also St. Patrick's day so yesterday…
- I wrote this on an aeroplane
The following are a few words that I started to pen whilst on a flight back to the UK for Christmas. I didn't get round to finishing it and since, I've since flown back to Dubai and have done a whole bunch of stuff.…
DragonDrop Adventure T-Shirt Club: DubaiDragonDrop Adventures T-Shirt Shot I've not counted recently, but I think the DD T Shirt adventure club gallery is close to 100 now. Here's the latest installment; me standing near the foot of the worlds tallest…
- I'm moving to Dubai next week.
That's the theory anyway, pending my visa application processing going to plan. I've had a while to get used to it now but I forget that the rest of the world isn't used to the idea yet and I'm bumping into people who…
New Kitteh, Meningitis, Moving to DubaiThis week has been one of them weeks we'll all remember. It's been off the hook as far as big things go. I'll get the horrible one out of the way first - Jaygo had / has meningitis. He's on the mend now though - resting…