Phyl's Blog

I'm sure I can feed myself mash! Originally uploaded by PhylB Up to now I've seen Amaia as a little Léon clone. In hundreds of phot...

I love Blogger's new templates! I've been fiddling about with Pudge's blog trying to find a more suitable look for a four year o...

I love the way bilingual toddlers decide which words they want to use in each language. To a man they use mainly the right words in both lan...

Camels - Jahrah Desert, Kuwait Originally uploaded by QuiteLucid I think I've been living with the politics nerd too long... On Tuesday...

Raising the age of retirement in the UK from 65 to 66 and then beyond to 70 seems to be a major topic of conversation with the new governmen...

I often wish I could bottle the smell from the roses in my garden. In the same way I wish I could bottle the last five minutes of summer ter...

Today my little Léon left nursery forever. After summer he will start real school in primary one at Kirkhill along with his sister who is ...

Charlotte's always had an issue with our garden furniture and static electricity. I noticed it on this photo I took at the weekend. It...

Anna has proved herself to be one of life's copers over the past three weeks. On the day her stookie was put on she sat on a chair in th...

One thing no one warns you about having kids is the questions you are going to have thrown at you daily. Today's big dilemma for Léon: w...

Anna is to start her free state nursery place the first week of January next year. As is the case in the UK free nursery places are offered ...

Well - almost. Anna broke her leg nine days ago as you know. Today I got a call from Marcel, who was meant to be with his father but when he...

The WHO says I shouldn't start feeding Amaia (remember the 10lb baby) till she is 26 weeks old - ie in another 5 weeks. The WHO is bar...

Anna has predominantly dark green eyes with little bits of slate grey and brown in them. Most people think because her eyes are dark that sh...

I went to a charity book sale that my friend was holding in aid of breast cancer in her back garden yesterday afternoon. Both she and her hu...

We had this idea, given there are so many of us in the family, that we would have a family world cup sweepstake. The idea was for the six bi...

  A day out Originally uploaded by PhylB I know I'm going to come across as a sad middle-class cow but I'm going to share this with...

Something to think about if you are a parent... When we were at Amazonia's animal-handling session the other day every single child who...

  Bitsy and Teeny Troll Originally uploaded by PhylB The empathy gene has kicked in! I was taking a bath with Anna and Amaia tonight as I o...

I was a big ceilidh dancer in my youth... oh dear I guess that statement implies I'm no longer in my youth :-( It started with uni. The...