Phyl's Blog

Here 's a classic, if ever I saw one - just check out that 20 second video. You've got to admire their balls!

Suddenly I understand! Back when Thomas first started talking to his family about my family his mother had seemed somewhat astounded that my...

Anna accidentally dyed her hair green last week! (She painted the inside of a plastic tub green, then popped it on her head as a hat with th...

For years Lots has tried to hang on Marcel's shirt tails. As a two year old she quickly realized that being an avid dinosaur fan was the...

My dad came by yesterday and told me a story that nearly made me fall off my seat in shock. Why does no one ever stop and question the crazy...

Tesco CN54AEG Originally uploaded by didbygraham I recently tried to buy a T-shirt for Marcel while out shopping at Govan ASDA. I had no pro...

Thomas sent me a link to this the other day but I found it a bit too depressing to blog immediately. I think I first wanted to get it straig...

As I mentioned when Marcel started high school last month, dealing with a bilingual child isn't easy when the second language spoken by...

Tonight I noticed Marcel's new school was having an open night. Given it was due to last nearly 3 hours, I figured it might be interesti...

Charlotte claimed when I was having Anna that she would only accept a baby boy because she didn't know how to play with girls. As you ca...

Marcel is claiming to have finally overtaken me in height. I am going to claim I am simply currently weighed down by my pregnant belly and r...

What were the SNP trying to do with this new piece of nonsense they brought in on September 1? Apparently it is now illegal to buy alcohol...

I know I'm getting to be a grumpy old cow but I really despair in language learning for English native speakers - it's like we haven...

Once again we are subjected to the usual government unemployment bullshit. What I would really like to see rather than figures for those si...

Watching how babies acquire language is a fascinating thing. Obviously, given my taste in men, I will never know the boring, normal, monolin...

It appeared to be a normal day when we got up but it seems Chambers Harrap is closing down its Edinburgh dictionary office after nearly 200...

It's funny trying to grow your own veg. I've never bothered with more than tomatoes in the window sills before but Thomas has got me...

Marcel fell downstairs at school on Wednesday. Between periods at school, he tried checking the time on his mobile phone (kids seem to think...

Because Charlotte is physically smaller than Marcel, he often forgets how sharp she can be. This usually results in him looking dumbfounded ...

Because English uses bizarre words like beef and pork instead of cow and pig for meat, I remember the surprise shown by Marcel and Lots whe...