Phyl's Blog

I've been ribbing Thomas a bit all week about his having planted what looks like large chives all round the place. But I have to admit ...

There seem to be a lot of bluebells in my garden this year. Something has to survive in this climate I guess. I'm enjoying taking photo...

On the rare occasion Anna doesn't have her glasses on, the fact that her eyes aren't the same colour as each other is much more ap...

I was scared when dad died nearly 13 months ago that Amaia would lose her memory of him fairly quickly but she astounds me for such a sm...

Charlotte had her braces put on today. Unlike her brother who has a tiny mouth with no space for his 28 teeth, so needed four taken o...

Léon asked for chocolate-flavoured cheerios for a change at Tesco. Given Amaia's love of cheerios but her invented name of Hoops ponge...

Of all the kids, Lots has always been by far the least interested in animals. She was scared of dogs as a small child and often jumped anxi...

I don't think I ever tasted aubergine as a child (it was Glasgow in the 70s after all.) But from the day I left home at 20 to live in F...

My baby has decided she is 'Sophie' from her favourite movie 'Mummy Mia'. She wanders around singing Abba songs all day long...

It must be the climate - we are overrun with rhubarb in our garden. Having had two rhubarb crumbles in a week, and given enough to th...

She's growing into a beautiful young woman. She's hard-working at school and caring, and a great help with her younger siblings. Sh...

I've been having some fun with hot chocolate tonight. This stuff is warm to the touch and leaves your skin feeling great but more im...

Thomas and I have been in a bit of a stand-off since we moved into the house five years ago... With a mono-blocked patio, I have alway...

I know I'm beginning to sound a bit like the mother of a newborn - but I mean to say - how cute is this little girl with her first slice...

Much as the games and t-shirts are beautifully designed and awfully cute, I must admit that the concept of Lego Star Wars (etc) has often pu...

Amaia got it into her head today that she wanted to wear her party dress to nursery. Made of silver, metal disks, it is quite heavy and look...

Anna is five. So when she started lining her jewellery up on the floor yesterday before school I thought nothing of it. ' That...

This new phone definitely has a better camera on it than the last one. Unable to fit the DSLR through the cage door, I stuck it in and snapp...

As I mentioned, we were in Rose street today. When Anna read the street name, she started on about the hamster again... Oh look mummy, Ros...

We used to go to Garnethill park a lot when we lived in Rose street. Today we were in the area (Marcel had stayed home to babysit Rosie and...