Phyl's Blog

We got a wonderful Xmas gift this year from Thomas's parents: a family visit to the cinema. As I have moaned before, when there are se...

So I'd dropped three and four at school this morning and was quietly proceeding to nursery with five as usual. (One and two get a bus)....

It's funny what you remember. One of my first memories is also of being four. Around my fourth birthday we went to visit my great grann...

Anna started back at Sunbeams last night. Girls from four to six gathered round and the adult leader, Amy, came in and asked about their Xm...

Amaia told me today she loves her badge because it says 'Amaia 4' ! She's getting good at recognizing the letters, she's jus...

Awwwh - isn't it awfully cute when wee kids notice you've run out of something and take the initiative to put it on the shopp...

This collection of photos made me smile today!

At the Science Centre , a photo by viralbus on Flickr. It is strange how perspective can change things. Thomas said something to me ...

Anyone who grew up in the 70s will probably be able to relate to   this type of food . I've definitely seen its likes on buffet tables a...

I don't think of myself as overly wussy on the chili front. I happily use a good number of them in a meal and have even been know...

I have to say: these photos   (and these  and these ) are just incredible. Here's a further batch.

Can you insure your kids against rain? This bloody climate is starting to get costly. Despite putting her calculator inside its plastic cas...

I know it isn't a very British attitude but one of the things that makes me sad at the end of the Xmas school holiday is that first mo...

There I was in Asda yesterday, not really looking at the sales, more looking for Charlotte's birthday dinner when I spied a pink fake fu...

In ten minutes my first baby girl turns 14. And the strangest thing is that she feels younger in some ways now, than she did two birthdays ...

I know dogs are often distressed by fireworks but does anyone have any experience of hamsters being freaked out by them? I've checked wi...

So I went ahead with my plan to bring in the new year with Advocaat snowballs. Thomas, too, had grandmotherly memories of Advoccat. Like m...

         So, what do these two photos have in common? Yes, they are both of me... on the left I am 17, on the right I am 45... I've ...

As a child, we spent Hogmanay at my granny's house. I've mentioned the format before.  But the one thing I didn't go into w...

This popped up from my favourite little happy chef on Boxing day. I must work my way through this list as biryani is my favourite food! ...