Phyl's Blog

Here's a photo of me (looking not-un-Amaia-like) taken in spring 1968 with my Granny Jean. She would have been 95 today... had she not d...

Thomas and I have both worked from home now since Léon was three. In the lifetime of a five year old, that's probably quite long. The o...

Charlotte is a wee bit of a logic-only vulcan at times, seemingly not seeing what everyone else would do in a given situation but only what ...

I never understood playpens before. Why would you want to put your child in a small cage while you do the housework or cook? Surely that is ...

I haven't played at cloning since Léon was a baby. Last night while sitting with the kids editing some photos I noticed I had taken thre...

We came across the book Babar's Gallery in the play area of Glasgow's Museum of Modern Art the other weekend. It is very obviously ...

Today when I dropped Anna off for her 2 hours and 45 minutes of free state nursery care, I was handed a letter from the council. The directo...

If you should ever happen to bump into me in an airport here or abroad with my kids and you wonder why I am having a fit of the giggles at p...

There are certain levels of cuteness that are hard to achieve after the age of about three. Take this situation, for example... not many peo...

I got a box of these biscuits for my birthday last week and they were so good I thought I would recommend them to everyone out there! Cream...

I was in town on Saturday and Léon was moaning that he didn't have slipper socks like those I'd bought his sisters last week. Given ...

Isn't this just a priceless photo? Wee babies really love their grandparents, don't they?

I don't think I've ever had a child who takes so much pleasure out of feeding herself her own dinner. The highchair did need to be d...

I was in town last Saturday in Primark with Karen buying slipper socks for Amaia and some tights for Anna. I returned home and Anna looked m...

Dad's back from seeing his oncologist with the first good news he has received since this nightmare began back in August. The CAT scan a...

Thomas has been buying some speciality flours for the family on a new website he's found. Buying flour in 25kg loads is cheaper than buy...

Life can be somewhat easier if you view it through the eyes of a five year old. Today Léon bounced up to me and asked if we could go to see...

I had forgotten that the first few weeks and months of nursery can turn into a bit of a nightmare as your child is exposed to new germs. Thi...

Something I hadn't foreseen when Marcel had his braces fitted back in November was that effect they would have on his nails! As you can...

I blogged back at the end of last year about the positives of this recession. (Can it still be called a mere recession - maybe financial mel...