Phyl's Blog

I'm so proud of my big boy tonight. Here are the photos from the senior prize-giving where he came top in English and French.

Brita and Peter are visiting so the dinner table language is currently mainly Danish. Today Thomas was speaking rather animatedly about die...

Léon asks me sometimes what he should answer when people ask him what colour his eyes are. Imagine being nearly eight and not knowing h...

Amaia is at that delightful age where kids discover the concept of jokes - I don't mean the slap-stick that they all appreciate, even a...

I was watching Marcel and Shona (my old uni friend) the other night at dinner. They don't see a lot of each other as Shona lives ...

Léon came bouncing out of school the day Marcel changed his surname: Léon: Hi mum! Lots says people are allowed to change their names. M...

I need to get my hands on some money... They've only started making a seven seater Fiat 500 !!!!

Sometimes it's the youngest eyes that see the clearest. Thomas told me yesterday about a chat he'd had with Anna, our five year old...

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...