Phyl's Blog

I'm often amused by my phone's attempts at understanding me. Because I often text in French too, for instance, it likes to auto-c...

It's been one of those days when you really don't need a DNA test to check you brought the right baby home from the hospital... ...

I don't know about anyone else, but I find this level of apathy in the face of a swing to the right absolutely abhorrent. We hear the U...

Presumably London isn't following for UKIP because they are less affected by the economic downturn so less in search of a scapegoat. Sco...

It just so happened today that I was in Glasgow with my DSLR when I heard about the GSA fire so I dragged all the four kids I had with me ...

I know I'm her mother so I'm probably not meant to bitch but Anna is something else at times! Every day in life she comes out ...

For as long I can remember cyclamen have made me think of my granny. I'm not sure why as I am pretty sure she didn't have any in h...

Inspired by something they found on Youtube, Anna and Amaia have taken recently to using Play-Doh to make outfits, shoes and accessories f...

The three smallest kids currently share the biggest bedroom (as the master bedroom has been turned into the home office). As they are gett...

Years ago I blogged about the odd Danish habit of single duvets.  I'm a hugger. I can't think of anything worse than being under a ...

We always feed the kids the same food as we eat ourselves. I can't think of any exceptions. From they first taste solids chilis an...

Thomas lost his phone today. He asked Anna to look around the house to see if she could see it. Eventually she came and asked me if she co...

I'm a DSLR man so have never really been a great fan of mobile phone photos but just occasionally I find they capture something com...

While watching a documentary about the history of Scotland in the year 980 last night Anna asked: 'Were you alive then, mum?' Thank...

Sometimes the smallest comments can blow you away. That's one reason you can't blink for a minute as a parent. If you let your m...

They've been back at school two days now. They aren't overly happy to be getting up at 8am again and consequently breakfast is a c...

So Charlotte, Amaia and I went shopping in Asda for dinner. Charlotte was in her school uniform , Amaia in normal clothes. Charlotte goes ...

With Marcel reaching 17 this summer, he's started talking about saving up for driving lessons, a car and insurance. Many of his better...

For the past six or seven years Thomas has been obsessed with making the perfect Easter egg. I can only assume this is a hang-up from his ...

I was driving into town yesterday with four of the five kids in the car. Charlotte was in the front so the soundtrack from Tangled was ...