Phyl's Blog

Marcel has spent the last three years attending the orthodontist because his mouth had been too small to contain any more than 24 adult tee...

Léon now has his new glasses too and they don't seem to be overly reflective either - I am such a happy bunny! Into the bargain, for the...

Anna had been asked by her teacher to write 'a couple of lines' about a place she goes that is special, suggesting a relative...

We held our own wee Burns Supper last Friday and mum joined us. I think if we redo one next year I will film Thomas reading the address to t...

There's nothing I can add to this testimony , except to say how moved my oldest two kids were watching this dignified, elderly woman.

When Anna got her first glasses the week before she turned four, I wasn't overly pleased with the selection available. They had a f...

As a child I was quite reticent. The thought of having even one line in a school play in primary school would have given me many sleepless...

Although it is lovely to have family abroad because it gives you an excuse for foreign holidays and lovely reunions, you do feel the odd pa...

Léon's been singing this non-stop all week. It is strange to hear him use Scots because he isn't really all that familiar with it...

Léon's name isn't actually Léon... Technically, his real name is Léon-Olivier but that is a bit hard for his Scottish compatriots...

Here's what my husband referred to as 'conducting a scientific tasting of four varieties of Kölsch' . Is it just me or does it...

We decided to create a wee onesie zoo here at the weekend. Having bought some of them in Primark over Xmas, we decided that was the obvious...

My sister-in-law, Miriam, is (of course) Danish. I was recounting to my mother yesterday how one of Miriam's culinary specialties is ...

Having fallen in love with this video over Xmas, Léon bounced outside last night and made his own little Snow dog (which was quite a feat ...

Anna is a strange one. She's a complete goody two shoes, teacher's pet type. She wouldn't dream of doing anything naughty and ...

After all the talk about HMV yesterday, it got me to thinking about my gran. She had two main jobs that I remember from my childhood - s...

Amaia had not long turned two when dad went into hospital and died. My greatest fear for her back then was that she was too small to rememb...

I had feared for about a year that Amaia would set another first in the family - the first to reach the age for state nursery before growin...

Amaia got Play Doh for her birthday. Playing with it with the girls reminded me of Derek's Fuzzy Pumper Barber Set. He got it for Xmas...

When Amanda was over for Amaia's birthday I took a few photos while we were waiting for the cake. I'm not sure how Catriona look...