Phyl's Blog

Two and half hours sorting hama beads on a Saturday afternoon. It's amazing what forms of entertainment you can come up with to occup...

Sometimes in photos Amaia looks like a beautiful porcelain doll. The light in the igloo yesterday was just perfect!

You can always rely on little kids for a dose of reality... Overnight it hadn't snowed but it did feel cold and Léon was dressed ...

It has been nearly five years since Léon was first diagnosed as long-sighted and I am surprised to find I am actually still learning how ...

I know it's just a stage because I remember it well from when Marcel was this age, but it still drives me quite mad. It is when your ...

We decided to resume our windmill walking yesterday. We try to do that every week for an hour but things had slipped over Christmas with all...

And off it has gone. For the first time in 25 years I am no longer a car owner. And to rub salt in the wound, I was even charged £50 to c...

My little niece, Catriona (left) has a dimple on one of her cheeks. Anna is quite fascinated by it, given none of my kids have dimples. ...

Why didn't I see it in her eyes?! (Camera survived - phew!)

It's funny. It looks ok, doesn't it? But it's dead and it's home while I find an undertaker willing to take it. The kid...

I love it when little kids use a slightly wrong word or turn of phrase when recounting a tale... Tonight Amaia came out with the ver...

Well I said it had to go and it appears it is going, sadly. The camshaft belt has snapped, whatever that is and has sent debris through...

Is five the first birthday you really remember or are really aware of? Or is there some other reason Amaia has become a full-on birthday ...

My car is beginning to stress me out. And given I am already stressed enough, the last thing I need is my car stressing me out. Every gara...

Anyone who knows me, knows I'm French at heart. Some make the mistake of thinking I fell out of love with France, when I fell out of l...

Lots asks me if I'll buy her this text book because her "art teacher really isn't all that good at explaining the new exam to t...

I knew it would inevitably happen one year. The problem is Charlotte was born on January 4th and Amaia, exactly a week later on January 11...

Thomas decided to take a bath when he got up this morning. His getting in the water coincided with Amaia turning up in my bedroom asking...

Since I bought Marcel a toast rack and egg cups for Xmas, people have been popping up asking me where I got them so I thought I'd stic...

They are called Easter lilies in Danish... which makes it all the weirder to find them growing and already in bloom on Christmas Eve in...