¾ of our bin lids go back to school tomorrow. This would have been an opportunity for me to do a bit of a retrospect blog post about the summer holidays, if I hadn't…
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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- It's a school night
Annie in wigsOne of the highlights of today was seeing what a box full of wigs looked like on Annie (aged 5 months). We were round at T&Fs house and they happened to have a box full of wigs. Eirene and Sophie spent a considerably…
Jaygo won the fossil competitionIt's my last day of the summer school holidays - the kids are still off for a bit. It's been a blast. Highlights would be -…
A moment of discoveryI watched Annie (aged 5 months and a bit) discover her hands earlier. A look of intense concentration overcame her visage as she first looked at her hand from one angle then moved it then looked at it from another angle…
- Last day of holiday and dead fish
It feels that I'm not only leaving a holiday but leaving the world of holiday is general, as I leave the holiday industry which I've been in for the last 7 years and start my new job on Tuesday. I'm looking forward to…
We had the whole pool all to ourselves#/ We are in Dover. After a fairly taxing 7 hours drive, a lot of it spent on the M25 car park, we checked into the hotel and hit the pool. We had the whole pool all to ourselves, so I was able to take a few snaps of…
Room with a viewWe're at Poppit Sands near St. Dogmaels / Cardigan in West Wales. Cracking spot and I'm pleased that we've got one of my fave spots on the whole campsite affording amazing vistas across Cardigan Bay and Cardigan Island.…
Jaygo is 12Here's Jay (resplendently sporting his birthday pants on his head). Also featured, a rather freaked out by the whole thing Annie Mo, and a Sophie Pi. Jay has grown up with this website. He's had pretty much all of his…
Bilton BeachWhilst you were watching the mens final from Wimbledon, we had a day by (and in) the River Nidd near Harrogate. There's a spot known by a few as 'Bilton Beach' about half way along the path that takes you from Bilton in…
- Codeacademy vs Minecraft vs Cricket
Today my boy Felix (age 14) got cracking on www.codecademy.com . He has been expressing an interesting in learning 'code' and finding out about the how the internet is made for some time, so I pointed him there. I've…
- Father's Day morning
Having 4 kids is brilliant on Father's day. The bigger 3 started me off with breakfast in bed - a classic Dutch breakfast (ham n cheese and egg on toast), a cup of perfectly made Yorkshire Tea and a big glass of orange…
- DIY Pizza and movie night
Jaygo's got his friend round for a sleepover, Sophie is at a sleepover. Tea (as pictured) is DIY Pizza, the movie is National Treasure. It's been a fun day - working from home (as per yesterday also). For one of the…
Weekend EndI write two main types of blog. Those that are about something else , and those that are about me and/or my family . I'd had a great idea for a blog about something whilst I was in the bath this morning but I can't for…
- Techno pushchair
Even if I didn't have kids, I'd probably want one of these pushchairs. They've got more features than my first car had. As well as the touch button robotic folding and unfolding mechanism (see video below), it's got…
- Felix up the Eiffel Tower
Here's my boy Felix up the Eiffel Tower. Cracking view! He's just come back from his first overseas solo (without us) adventure on a school trip. He arrived home around 11pm last night and he doesn't speak fluent French…