Phyl's Blog

I love modern day assumptions... Charlotte has a new Spanish teacher this year. He's new to the school. So in the first lesson he ta...

Sorting through my Amaia's 'first day at school' photos just now and having a wee trip down memory lane something struck me and ...

At 1m40 and just 32kg Léon is a gazelle-like nine year old who springs everywhere he goes. He rarely sits still or quietly. At 1m80...

I check Hony every day in life. The photographer, Brandon, always meets the most interesting people and somehow manages to get their story. ...

Love this photo Lots captured of her wee sister in Edinburgh on Monday - it is just her: the shy smile, the freckles, the bright eyes! ...

Léon is a wee bit of a goody two-shoes when it comes to swearing. Just shy of ten and he won't even say 'Shut up!' , not e...

Given my son is off in Greece enjoying himself today on his 18th birthday, I am not spending my evening taking him to dinner or throwing him...

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...