Happy Paddy's day to all our Irish or Ireland dwelling friends and relatives! It's three years since I delivered this beautiful bundle of joy . We've had a lovely day of celebration. I cracked on super early working…
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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Annie Mo is 3
Love at first biteWe went for a family outing today 'up the Chevin' near Otley. Elsie dog (who must be a babe in dog land) attracted the attentions of a shaggy young pup. A Golden Labradoodle. I don't know if he just wanted her for her…
Gorgeous girlsToday lucky little lady Sophie and her amazing godmother Fi, or m8 as she is known to our children, went into town for some quality godmother/goddaughter time. Both arrived home with beautiful painted nails from a…
- Annie-Mo funny
Song time at Toy Library is a favourite of Annie's. Throughout the day she will often continue singing. She made me laugh with her version of three currant buns. Normally they are in a bakers shop but Annie sings,…
The new DragonDrop Adventure mobileEirene's came up with the name Dylis. This means 'perfect, true and reliable.' I hope so. She's a bit of a beast and looks a bit like a hearse. Very comfy though. Boasting a 3 litre V6 Diesel, she should transport all 6…
- Ladies of leisure
Like many ladies, my house is full to bursting with stuff. My stuff, Matt's stuff, the kids stuff, even the animals have stuff. So the last thing I wanted or needed was more stuff. Christmas though, presented a problem.…
- Matt Watson Power (not recovered)
At the time of writing these words (2026), the original copy for this page, along with a handful of others (less than 30 from a total of 2,438 posts) for some inexplicable reason, has been lost to the mists of time.…
- Jay
Jaygo's broken his radius. Apparently, according to the nurse, it's an impressive break. He is most chuffed and can't wait for pi to wake up in the morning and see his cast. He told Matt he had broken his circumference.…
- Solar eclipse
This morning Matt and I watched the sun eclipsing up at the quad, a patch of grass in the middle of the pine woods another top of Harlow hill. Back in 1999 Matt proposed to me up at the quad at eleven minutes past…
- Happy birthday Annie-Mo
Happy birthday Annie-Mo, you gorgeous little bundle of life and energy. You entered our house with a bump and turned all our lives upside down, made us rethink so much and brought change all round for the better. I wish…
- Mothers day
Happy Mother's day all you lovely Mama's and Nana's and fairy Grandma's out there. I hope you all had a wonderful day full of smiles and happiness. I had a lovely day, Sophie sang me a special song she had written for…
- Monday
Today was a cold start to the week, with freezing rain peppering Annie-Mo and I as we ran to Istanbul cafe in Harrogate. We were there to attend Donna's birthday luncheon. The food was delicious, traditional Turkish…
- Surprise for Matt
As a life long Paddington fan Matt has wanted to watch the new film ever since it's Christmas release. Whilst collection g Sophie from school I overheard a parent talking about watching it this Saturday in the cinema.…
- World book day
Today was world book day. Sophie went to school dressed as one of goldilocks's three bears or as she secretly knew, in her pyjamas. Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of her but I did get a picture of Annie-Mo and her…
Birthday girlsMy birthday celebrations started Friday evening with a 'pink pants party'. A novel Sophie and I had been reading together explained how pink pants ward off any Friday the 13th nastiness. Sophie and I liked this idea and…