Phyl's Blog

I should probably write something about Brexit but I haven't a clue where to start and it depends on my mood whether you get 1) an an...

So there I was lying in the bath minding my own business this morning when Anna burst in. Obviously Daddy being interviewed on Danish TV...

Marine le Pen shared on social media:  « Victoire de la liberté ! Comme je le demande depuis des années, il faut maintenant le même référend...

I've never thought of myself as being married to an immigrant. I don't think I have ever even thought about the word immigrant ...

Retaking (more or less) a photo after a passage of time can be very sweet. Here are Anna and Thomas, first in April 08, then in June 16... ...

(Overheard after school today...) Charlotte: What did you have for lunch today, Amaia?  Amaia: Duckling Charlotte: Duckling??? ...

I'll just leave this with you! Gulp! (Have a look at the gallery on this page too)

Sometimes, usually in fact, life with five kids is fairly harmonious... very occasionally though, little tiffs can occur... tonight was on...

About two years ago I bought a sprig of broom in a pot - it was literally one stalk and cost about £1-49. I planted it in front of my front ...

Apparently it is ten years ago today that I joined blogger. I have more kids now, a different job, a different home and a different husba...

I'm beginning to suspect my daughter has inherited her parents' love of school PE! The conversation in the car went like this: ...

Anna: You know those wishing wells, mum, where you throw in money and make a wish? Me: Yes - like the one we saw at Edinburgh zoo last ...

As I was getting dressed this morning I could hear my wee-est three discussing whether or not they 'had it all'. Having just returne...

So it's so-called Star Wars day , and even more than any other year Léon is fit to burst with excitement. He's refusing to do all ho...

Conversation overheard between my wee girls: Anna: What's your dream job, Amaia? Amaia: emmm nun! (I panic that my atheistic tendencie...

One day last weekend Anna came out with this and it got me to thinking: I wonder what it must be like to have only Scottish relatives... ev...

I grew up with cats. First, there was the grumpy, chunky one with the odd name 'Snoopy' (we were kids...

Overheard on a car trip: Léon: ...then I'll pretend to be a serial killer... Anna: what?  Léon: it's someone who steals your br...

It's funny. When you have nearly 13 years between your kids, you wonder what, if any, relationship they'll have growing up. But one...

One of the p1 teachers at Amaia's school left over the Easter break to take up a new job at the primary school on Millport . Amaia ...