Phyl's Blog

Anna got up this morning with her hair at the more extreme end of her morning spectrum. Wow, you've got big hair this morning! I rem...

This is my car. It is over three years old so it needs an MOT every September to check it is roadworthy. I care about my car. Life in a fami...

Much as I love having my mobile phone in my pocket for snapping the odd amusing sign I want to blog and the likes, I despair in the quality ...

Amaia is a weird baby! I have had five kids so I have watched language development over and over. There haven't been drastic variations...

I'm a big eBay fan and check it before buying almost everything but one thing puzzles me... Why do people get carried away to the point...

I've gone and made pumpkin soup again - probably for about the 15th year in a row. It tastes rather bland... as it did last year and th...

Anna has been desperate for a Rice Krispies bowl ever since Léon got his Coco pops one last month so we've been saving token codes fro...

My kids are currently 14, 11, 6, 3 and 1. Anna is three. Anna has a bit of an inflated sense of self. Today I had to laugh at a conversation...

Thomas has been in Denmark for a week, so I have been gorging myself on ymer and ymerdrys for breakfast since he returned... but, woe is me,...

Marcel had been ranting big time on holiday about Trainspotting . He was so appalled at the movie, having read the book in Italy. That's...

I've just been reading the local council magazine. It is bursting with pride at the high standard of educational results in this council...

I forgot to transfer this from facebook last week... for anyone who ever wondered why we call Amaia Bopster !

Apparently linguistic obsession is genetic. I didn't realize that until today! You would think that having a mum who speaks English, a...

When you have as many kids as me, you need to have some fairly regimented rules. A big rule is 'Don't criticize food at the table...

Amaia has a name for everyone: Daddy, Mummy, Charlotte, Tudge, and Nana. Everyone except Marcel - if you show her a photo of a crowd and a...

I can't help but feel sorry for my poor husband sometimes! I'm convinced too much religion can't be overly good for you! ;-) B...

I took the three smallest up to Whitelee for the holiday Monday afternoon. Charlotte teenagely decided she'd rather sit alone watching...

I know I'm getting to be a grumpy old rant (it's genetic - check out my dad's blog!) but is anyone else getting fed up with all ...

Something is happening to my little girl... Charlotte has been a bit of a tomboy since she could talk. It started at three when she asked ...

I remember Barbapapa from my childhood. I remember both books and TV shows quite well but it isn't something you come across much th...