Phyl's Blog

Charlotte quite fancies a large inflatable world cup. If she happens to find this page , she'll be wanting even more pocket money.

It is currently 10 degrees celsius outside, pouring with rain and the wind is gusting at 20mph, the height of the Scottish summer - the summ...

I've been teaching Léon to dance for the last fortnight by playing the same cd every night as I cook and dancing around the kitchen. Las...

Just saw that backwards evolution Guinness advert ... Wonder how Guinness manage to consistently make some of the best adverts on the screen...

Anyone who knows me has probably spent the past year listening to me moaning about file, and in particular photo corruption. For a long time...

I have tried to be pc, adult, modern, and all the rest over the past couple of weeks. That is to say as a Scottish UK citizen, I have listen...

TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT Derek and Amanda, my brother and his wife, have just gone on holiday to Italy for a few days. Think they are going to ...

Marcel, like all other 8 year old boys in Scotland, is collecting Panini World Cup Football Stickers . Do you want to see my stickers mum? ...

I am old enough to still remember gazing on the first ever zx81s in awe of what they could do. I remember when computer games were a line at...

Yesterday the thermometer reached 30 degrees in my back garden in Scotland! I don't ever remember a temperature starting with a 3 in my ...

Tomorrow is the big Byres road street party - the highlight of the West End Festival . It should be even bigger than normal as it is the 10t...

Léon has finally agreed to bend in the middle! Hooray! Unfortunately his new favourite game is to smile, chuckle and then launch himself bac...

Charlotte learnt to cycle on Saturday. With her usual stubbornness, she didn't accept any help, but contented herself with throwing her ...

Found an amusing French news and information site . Not sure it is very serious, but quite amusing!

And so I have just spent 3 hours ironing - I knew learning 4 languages and spending 5 years studying for an MA degree would make my life mor...

I once heard a professional photographer being interviewed on TV. At first I dismissed what he said as a load of rubbish: you know the usual...

Scanning old photos to upload on to flickr , I came across drawings I had scanned in that the kids had done before they started school at 5....

I'm scanning the Internet for articles on child development. I know as a mother of 3 I shouldn't need to but Léon is definitely not ...

Decided to take my kids on a day trip to the Safari Park yesterday. Maybe not the best idea given Charlotte's inexplicable dislike of a...

Nothing seems to be happening here yet :-( I wonder why? Could it be: 1) He hasn't found it, despite both my emails. 2) He isn't hap...