Little Annie-Mo is all out of sorts. Bright red cheeks, poorly nappy, raised temperature and lack of appetite, lead me to believe she is teething. I feel so sorry for her. I think today we will just snuggle and hopfully…
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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- Poor Annie -Mo
Happy guinea pigToday Annie and I cleaned out Snowy's hutch. I love how happy he acts when I have finished. He gets a wonderful little skip in gait as he trundles back to his house to sit in peace and nibble the fresh hay. If I squeak…
- White suit
I am sat outside Jaygo' s scout hut waiting for him to finish. It's a cold evening and there has been talk of snow ,but no fluffy white flakes yet. Most Thursdays I take advantage of the gap between dropping Jay off and…
- Good morning Thomas
I quite like rainy days. It's nice to have an excuse to stay inside and hibernate all warm and snuggley. Talking about hibernating, my friend's tortoise Thomas has just awoken after 17 weeks asleep. Sophie and I brought…
Daddy John's chocolate vodkaTonight we went to a friends to have pizza and exchange Christmas presents. Our lives have been so busy that it has taken till now for us to have an evening free at the same time. Daddy John is getting Chocolate vodka.…
- Some recent pictures
Annie and I out on a walk Felix and I Dada and Annie Tinana, Belinda and I after we had been paintballing for Belinda's birthday Jaygo and I paintballing Aunty Rachel, Sophie and Annie Annie and her favourite woven ring…
Girl powerA lot of today has been spent fixing our kitchen appliances. In this house our washing machine and dishwasher have to work very hard so they also go wrong quite often. I can turn my hand to fixing many of the minor…
- Home phrases
Whilst eating a most delicious piece of Welsh rarebit this lunch time I was lost in reverie when Sophie pulled me back to reality by commenting"you have a stringey". "Pardon", I spluttered. "A stringey", she repeated…
- Silly Chilly camp
Hurrah it's Friday. This week has gone by so quickly yet last Friday seems like it happened at least a month ago. Felix set off this evening to go on scout camp. It was supposed to snow tomorrow but I think the weather…
- A & E
Sophie hurt her hand last Friday evening whilst messing about on the way to bed. Placated with arnica remedy, arnica cream and calpol she made it through to yesterday when whilst we were at swimming a friend's mum who…
- Aren't kids brilliant
I have been sat on the sofa in the front room roaring with laughter whilst Felix regaled me with funny stories from his sleep over last night. I feel so lucky that he likes to chat with me and that we can share a laugh…
- Busy day
It' s a busy day today, everyone is here there and everywhere. That's the way it goes at Dragondrop. We can have a weekend of relaxing and chilling out at home then the next few weekends will be jam packed with…
- Gold docs
Aren't hand me downs brilliant. Annie-Mo has just been on the receiving end of a massive bag a baby toys, a new outdoor suit and sleeping bag. Pi is ecstatic with her new hand me down dress. The thing is that when we…
- Hospital food
Last year Jay had an operation on his leg. Today he an appointment with his consultant to check everything is OK. Thank goodness it is. Being back in hospital with Jay inevitably brings back memories of when he was so…
- Sleepy times
I have been doing some research on how to get Annie-Mo to sleep well during her naps. She sleeps brilliantly at night (thank goodness) and often when I mention that she isn't sleeping well during nap time people smile…