Phyl's Blog

So Marcel is off today in Edinburgh at an all-day interview with a well-known banking group, trying to win a university scholarship. I am ...

  Now this is what I call dedication. After discovering a week ago that our garden had become overrun with slugs (our courgettes, sunfl...

I remember when Marcel was around thirteen looking backwards, trying to nail down when childhood ended and adolescence started. A number...

I was looking at google maps this morning to see where we could go on day trips. Leaning over me, Anna asked me to click on street view to s...

In her fifteen years I have never managed to get Charlotte to eat jam. She loves fruit and has a very sweet tooth but decided at birth th...

So one day into my attempt at positive thinking - that would be yesterday's resolution to drive nice places all summer and pretend we...

One of the main problems of working for yourself in a freelance-like capacity is visibility. Although work is not dire at the moment, we are...

Amaia: I would really love it if you could find Gruffalo dressing-up costumes for me and daddy. I could sit on his knee and we could play...

Discussing Jurassic Park over lunch, I asked Léon if he had seen it when he was little: 'I'm sure we used to have it but it was o...

Growing up I hated school sports. I didn't mind the term when you had to do Scottish dancing but other than that I dreaded PE. I wa...

Lily Hamster

He must think my head buttons up the back! There I was this morning sitting on the downstairs loo (TMI) when I heard this conversation: ...

Amaia's been learning traditional Scottish songs at nursery this term. We've had Donald where's yer troosers , Ally Bally , T...

Here's a photo of Anna the last time she was in Copenhagen. She had just turned two! She has spent five days in Denmark ...

I'm working this evening so I ask the four kids who are home if they can entertain themselves. Léon heads for the PS3, Charlotte disa...

At this ripe old age, I learned something about myself yesterday. The 47 year old penny finally dropped... I was supposed to be working on...

Out shopping on Saturday evening when Amaia suddenly noticed: "Asda copied my fashion, mummy! "

Amaia came home today with Hamish McHaggis  and his diary to fill in.  We've all been there as parents: you get home some stuff...

Léon's always been a wee coffee lover. Even at three he knew how to make an espresso! We've told him he can have a little ro...

Amaia: Mummy, see when I finish nursery next month, can you put my nursery t-shirts, jumpers and jacket up in a bag in the loft for me?...