Phyl's Blog

This made me laugh today... It also got me thinking about the endless fun I'll be able to have twenty years from now - here's a smal...

I just overheard one of those wonderful bilingual conversations between Léon and Thomas - into the bargain - the logic made me laugh! Thomas...

Another one of those priceless conversations that is there to remind me why I decided to become a mum! Amaia: Nursery is kind of like my job...

A good friend posted a photo on facebook this weekend of something that brought memories of my granny flooding back! Thanks for that Karen!...

Over the last year or two tens of millions of pounds have been poured into building a new high school to replace the one I attended as a t...

I haven't had a hamster before. When we decided to get her, we bought one of the largest cages on offer. In addition to that we bought...

When I was a kid people used to say 'the camera never lies'. I'm not sure that theory stands the test of time!

 Here are four photos of my childhood. The first is taken in the summer of '71 when I was three and a half years old and my br...

My old Gramps liked a drink. One of his most annoying habits was sneaking a wee mouthful out of dad's whisky after everyone was in b...

Just for you Rob... So our new four course a night dinner regime necessitated my running up to ASDA last night at six for a couple of miss...

It's been a while since we last heard from 'J' ... Mum was out for lunch with her the other day and was recounting the stor...

The newspapers and social media have been full of statuses bemoaning the ridiculous length of the school summer holidays. Six or seven week...

We have a chores rota in our kitchen. All kids get to cook, they all get to set the table, the three oldest get to fill the dishwasher an...

There's something very sweet about that stage three year olds go through where bodies are an afterthought! You can tell the importance ...

I was sitting on Port Carrick beach last week with two mum friends from Léon's class when the Waverley suddenly came steaming by. In a...

Here we go again! It's been exactly a year since we last visited the cappuccino saga. .. Last Friday the thing ground to a halt duri...

We've slowly been rethinking our way of eating over the last month or two. We have not been happy with the composition of our meals. In...

I'm not sure how I fall for it so often, maybe it's down to selective memory, or more likely selective memory loss... It always sta...

The guys wanted to wear their best clothes for Ally's birthday dinner the other day. They looked so pretty in the summer sun and Léon ju...

You can hardly move past our herb patch at the moment for bees. There are several on each flower with the oregano, sage and edible blue sal...