24/10/2009 , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . He's 11. That came round quick. The fantastic cake pictured here was a wholeheartedly chocolaty number, featuring the word FELIX. It didn't take long for it to say F_LI…
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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Felix's Birthday Cake
BockdayToot Toot - it's my Happy Bockday Cake , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . What a brilliant birthday weekend I’ve just had. Started out on Saturday morning with some superb gifts from Eirene and the little people.…
J's BdayJay's Birthday BMX , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . It's Jaygo's 8th birthday today. A massive milestone as far as I'm concerned because we deemed that the appropriate age in our house that one is allowed to make…
- Thornthwaite crate stacking record
Had a mainly cub related weekend - took the cubs out geocaching on Saturday morning - that was nice, Sunday we went to a 'big adventure day' at Thornthwaite cub camp. All sorts of fun activities on the go. Felix managed…
Harrogate and District Scout Leaders AGMMOWGLI CUP winners , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . Last night we went to an award ceremony at the Harrogate and District Scout Leaders AGM. Felix was a third of the team that represented the 16th Harrogate in the…
- Mowgli Cup
We're so proud of our Felix. Yesterday was Harrogate's 50th Annual Mowgli Cup - and Felix's team WON! Every year for the past 50, Cub Troops from Harrogate have been battling their wits and intelect against each other…
The moment of realisationThe moment of realisation , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . Felix is 10! this was the very moment about 2 hours ago when he opened his main prezzy - an MP3 player. He's a happy boy. 10 years old. Quite incredible to…
- £1300
So yea - The weekend bag packing raised a massive £1300 for Harrogate16th's cubs. That's ace. Since then I've been busy - Did a great photo shoot on Sunday for a friends band 601. Really pleased with the results -…
- Shop
DO YOUR BIG SHOP SHOP... THIS SATURDAY! On Saturday 18th of October, Felix and I are working at ASDA Harrogate - bag packing. We (and a bunch of other cubs) are bag packing to raise funds for cubjam. If you're planning…
Newlyweds - double happinessNewlyweds - double happiness , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . My cousin Ian just got married to the lovely Fontaine. Pictured in the background - the 'Double Happiness" symbol. What a whirlwind adventure we all…
Happy Birthday Jaygo!Happy Birthday Jaygo! , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . Here's my Jaygo admiring the spoon man that Sophie made him for his birthday.
All sorts in the sunDay 273 - FelixSurf , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . Superb adventure driven weekend. After studying the weather with more than a passing interest on Friday (as I was guest writing about weather for a blog at work…
- We decided to celebrate for the whole weekend
A fantastico lovely weekend. It was our 8th wedding anniversary yesterday and we decided to celebrate for the whole weekend. Friday night, armed with a bunch of flowers I pottered home to the idea of a nice chinese and…
overjoyed boys, originally uploaded by DragonDropoverjoyed boys , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . Pic - Felix & Jaygo celebrating our first trip out in Clover this year. Lots of "first time this year" activities today. YAY - We've got Clover back on't road. She's…
- Settling in
New job is settling in well. I'm waking up in the mornings looking forward to my working day at the moment. That's a good thing. Less time for blogging and dragondrop gardening in general though - I've still got a stack…