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- After extensive travel for short periods both inside Australia and overseas, I took a break from my health policy job to travel for two months in Spain, Portugal and Morocco and live for four months in France, three of those in Paris. I'm currently living back in Australia with Steve and our twins Rhea and Lara.
![I do like a good fête. What’s not to like? It entertains the kids, often in a familiar environment. Interesting food, the smell of clover daisies and freshly cut grass, […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/maze-115x115.png "Enjoying the moments")
![Yesterday was the first day of the school holidays. Usually we leave town as soon as possible but we were staying for mum’s 70th birthday dinner celebration, and during the […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/photo-MUMS-CAKE-115x115.jpg "Connecting and celebrating")
![It’s Book Week again. The girls dressed up as Tinkerbell (Lara) and a ballerina (Rhea) at school, and had a special parade which they described with excitement (‘Do you know […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/book-photo-115x115.jpg "Book Power")
![‘Mummy, why can’t you tell us who came out of your tummy first? I think it’s Lara because her tooth fell out first.’ One of the most exciting things about […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/teeth-115x115.jpg "Milky white days")
![Approaching Lara and Rhea’s sixth birthday, we tossed around ideas about where to go in the cold weather – we have a small house for winter parties. We ended up ruling out […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cards-115x115.jpg "Birthday buddies")
![I started a new job in the last month. Also we swapped over and redecorated the girls’ room with the study, so that the girls would have their own space: […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/tidbinbilla-115x115.jpg "Earthed")
![I recently caught up with a friend from school who I hadn’t seen for many years. Our conversation included me telling her of my latest tactic for getting the girls […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/babychino-115x115.jpg "No Drama Discipline")
![I have a list of goals for 2016. Cleaning out the shed isn’t on it. But with the prospect of four days at home over Easter, I decided it would […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/shed-115x115.jpg "Glass swans")
![We bought the girls bikes for Christmas. I looked on Gumtree for weeks, but the kids’ bikes that were advertised were always in poor condition or not quite the right […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/bikes-Feb16-115x115.jpg "Balance")
![The girls are starting school tomorrow. After another long, relaxed beach holiday with Steve’s family, learning new expressions from their older cousins like ‘oh crap!’ and ‘oh fudge!’, they had […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/IMG_3776-115x115.jpg "School")