Phyl's Blog

It seems like no time at all since I took this photo. I remember taking it like it was yesterday. It was the day France won the world cup ...

I love kiddie conversations: Léon: How would I become a space man when I grow up? Me: Well there's always the European Space program...

On Sunday my mother-in-law sent us out for our second childfree meal in a restaurant since we had Anna over six years ago. Thomas opted for ...

At the weekend Brita invited us to the Science Centre. With such a large family this has long been beyond our means (we last took all the ki...

Today Amaia proudly presented me with her first novel! "Look mummy! I've written a book. It's about me as a princess wit...

Apparently according to the substitute teacher Anna had today you can't have kids unless you're married. I do hope she won't be ...

With just four weeks to go till the deadline for paying India and five to the big sponsored run I thought I'd redirect anyone who's...

I spent 17 years as and employee, followed by five as a freelance/self-employed person. When I was an employee I thought I knew all ther...

I love what children hear in songs. Tonight I was on bedtime duty as Thomas was out with his Indyref friends. I asked the girls if they...

Today was world book day so the kids were meant to go to school dressed as a character they like from a book they'd read/been read. An...

It is nice to see some sense in the media for once. I have to say, as someone who lives in a multinational and multicultural home, I find...

I like the way I've managed to catch the girls blowing out the candle on granny's birthday train on Saturday. They seem very focused...

Thomas's mum can recount amazingly detailed memories from when she was an infant. She remembers being fed before she could speak and fe...

I was out with my camera last week showing Kakha round Glasgow. One of the things I love on those very Scottish days when you get every sea...

Loving the teenage contributions to my fridge shopping list:

Léon has been fascinated by all things foreign since before I can remember. His ear for phonetics in Danish and French have always been sur...

It must be a man thing... that need they have to take you through their sporting exploits... Dad used to come in here two or three times ...

"Music is god. In difficult times you feel it, especially when you are suffering." Now there's one religion you could get ...

It is interesting that of all the different versions of this song available on the internet, this is Amaia's favourite version... Looks ...

We call them helicopter parents - Danes have a similarly appropriate term - ' curlingforældre '  (curling parents) - both images ...