Phyl's Blog

Back in June or July a bloke from Eaga Scotland came to the door offering free surveys for cavity wall insulation. He left a leaflet. Rememb...

Charlotte's French homework tonight was to draw a family tree. Obviously given our French background, this would have been possible for ...

I've been observing Pudge a lot recently and comparing him to the other ages in my family's spectrum. I know this stage well as the...

I see the German Xmas market is back in Glasgow. It has been here for the past few years and I've tried to drop by at least once. It is...

I was pleased to find this article about Marcel's school in the press the other day. Hope they keep up the good work! :-)

When Léon and I were in Manhattan a few years ago we decided to go up the Empire State Building one morning because our jet lag had got us u...

qantas a380 Originally uploaded by Joits I know I'm a complete plane nerd, but what could have been cooler than a seat on the first Pari...

Here's a photo of my little brother at the age of 12. Derek started high school as I entered my 5th year. He got double home economics...

My local nursery, which Léon attends, runs what it calls helper mornings . Every Wednesday since Charlotte was there and possibly longer, ea...

I've been reading with curiosity in the media about the latest swine flu figures for Scotland. Apparently last week 21,500 people are es...

Have you ever seen a weirder, less natural way of knitting than this???? I am married to a man who thinks this is how you knit! Hahahahaha!...

Thomas and I decided to go for a walk in town yesterday afternoon (have I ever mentioned how nice it is to work for yourself, instead of all...

Everyone seems to be asking 'Where were you when the wall came down?' By sheer fluke, my uni course meant I was sent to live in Germ...

  Now here's an interesting study . Given that when Baked is born, she'll have heard a lot of English, Danish, French, German and...

I have noticed that parents, or at least the ones I know, seem to fall into two categories. The first group seems to try to fill junior'...

Last weekend the weather was so dire, we hardly set foot outside. To distract the kids I got Léon and Lots to make biscuits together. They u...

I quite like autumn really. From a colour point of view it is the prettiest season... when you are somewhere further south than Glasgow anyw...

I think we planted the sunflowers a little too late in the season in our garden. We waited all summer for them to make an appearance and we...

I've had a long and stressful day and something was bound to be that final straw that broke the camel's back... How hard can it be t...

One of the things about pregnancy (and early breastfeeding, for that matter) is the change to your food requirements. I don't mean you l...