In my last post I wrote about the Djibouti proverb which gauges a mans richness by the amount of children he'd fathered. I've fathered 4 now which by today's standards (in this part of the world at least) is plenty. I…
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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- Vasectomy - done
NappiesAccording to the audiobook* I'm reading at the moment, an old Djibouti proverb goes like this : "A man is only as rich as the number of children he fathers" and then, went on to the question "After all, what else does…
- Grove Road School Disco
Tonight's annual school disco at Grove Road School Harrogate, was the "Best Disco Ever" according the kid who wrote lovely note I found on the floor. If I was still an actual real kid I'd probably have thought the same.…
- Annie Mo smiles video
Embedded video At just under 2 months, Annie Mo is now smiling properly. These are not windy smiles but genuine happy smiles. I captured this the other day and thought I'd share. I'm so glad I captured one of her first…
- Resumed progress
Resumed progress on project finish kitchen. A project that started last October in a very intense fashion for a month - we swapped rooms around making our old dining room our new kitchen, which involved removing a skip…
- Bilton Gala
For over 30 years, a true community event called Bilton Gala has taken place on May Day Bank Holiday Monday, in the heart of one of the oldest and biggest suburbs of Harrogate called (you guessed it) Bilton. If this…
Me circa 1980A couple of weeks ago, I found an old camera : A Kodak Instamatic - with a now defunct 126 film cassette, still inside. I decided to risk wasting a few quid to see if there was anything on it by sending it off to be…
- 9 hours straight at 6 weeks
A picture of our baby after an epic sleep yesterday. Morning! Our little owl slept through for 9 hours last night. The night before she slept around 6 hours, then had a quick feed and slept some more - the night before…
- Intense logistics, a run off dog and a me pic
Yesterday was funny. I "wrote" my daily blog (thus ensuring continuity of my DD365 project) using a method I'd has in mind as a back up reserve idea - see, it dawned on me that where I was going, the internet may not be…
- Gang Show Harrogate 2013
We're just in from seeing Gang Show at The Royal Hall. The cast included our very own Sophie who joined scores of others from the Cubs, Beavers, Scouts, Rainbows, Brownie and Guide fraternities of Harrogate. The…
- First BBQ of the year
Big ol' BBQ for for 12 kids and their parental support crew. It rained a bit. For a while, but the sun came out, the people turned up and the food was eaten. It's turned into a tradition - having a bbq for Sophie's…
- "highly commend" Leeds University
Forgive my proud dad head for a moment - but for a respected university to publicly say that the efforts of your 14 year old son is "highly commendable" is kind of a big deal. Felix's team earned this praise by coming…
New mamamobileEirene's Hyundai Atoz + failed her MOT last week. The cost of the repair outweighed the cost of the car, rendering it beyond economic repair. Eirene got to get a new car. Out of all the cars she could have had, she…
- Audioblogging
listen to ‘Family Tea Time’ on Audioboo. Today for my blog of the day, I thought I'd try out something a bit different - an audio blog. I've just found that audioboo (the site I've used to serve the audio) clips…
GodparentsWe nominated 2 Godparents for Annie Mo today. Eirene is in charge of the formal theological side of our younglings, but the selection proposed was wholeheartedly agreed to by me. (R&D). A lovely couple who head up a…