Phyl's Blog

Léon asked me yesterday why car number plates were called number plates when they are predominantly alphabet plates! It's funny how youn...

Léon is very long-sighted. Anna's now been to the hospital for her own eye-test and we've found out her issue is caused by astigmati...

Here is a photo of Amaia climbing the stairs in my hall. We have two halls downstairs - an internal one painted pink and the one leading fro...

For the past three years my kids' school has been annoying me on sports' day and at school shows with their blanket ban on photograp...

I decided today it would be nice if I could take my kids just once in their childhood to see a proper Panto at the Pavilion or the King'...

Thomas was reading the kids a story about a deer the other night. Léon, like many kids, got confused and thought Thomas meant a reindeer - a...

Bilingual kids have to memorize from as young as possible who speaks which language. Amaia, for example (at 22 months) is still at the stage...

Last year when we were in Copenhagen, we nipped across to Sweden for the afternoon because Thomas wanted to buy the Stieg Larsson trilogy in...

Amaia's linguistic expertise has taken on a new dimension today. Following on from her inventions of her ' tired ' and her ...

Eighteen months ago when Hazeldene Nursery told us Léon had failed his eye test, we were more than surprised. Neither Marcel nor Lots has an...

On our way home from school today Léon was discussing his school winter show. He's one of the narrators. I asked his lines, and he tol...

Amaia, unlike the rest of my children, has taken to making up nouns by taking the adjective or verb she associates with a particular item an...

I know many people dream of rich and powerful futures for their offspring, but I am beginning to suspect Amaia may simply grow up to be a sh...

Have you ever tried to buy a phone off O2? I wouldn't bother if I were you... Lots has had her heart set on buying a new phone since h...

Thomas has always been very political, blogging constantly about both UK and Danish politics but when I found he'd installed a home-m...

I was up at the wind farm again today just for half an hour. Unfortunately other commitments meant I couldn't hang about for sunset. I w...

This photo was taken yesterday... yesterday on my time scale but nearly fourteen and a half years ago in reality. When Marcel was this sma...

Looking at your child and seeing yourself is such a special feeling. You see your expression in eyes of another colour, your smile on a man ...

When Marcel started primary school back in 2002  the uniform at his school was a white polo shirt with a school logo, a blue sweat shirt wit...

I remember being in B&Q many moons ago with my beloved ex-husband. We were walking past an assistant when he accosted her with the query...