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![Lara and Rhea went to their first live concert at the age of thirteen, but they don’t play any instruments themselves anymore. We organized for both of them to learn […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_7936-115x115.jpg "Not playing")
Not playing
Posted on November 24, 2024 | No CommentsLara and Rhea went to their first live concert at the age of thirteen, but they don’t play any instruments themselves anymore. We organized for both of them to learn […] -
![I have been enjoying a couple of new podcasts recently. The first is called Read This, with interviews of writers, many of them Australian. The second is Wiser than Me […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_9245-115x115.jpg "Listening to them")
Listening to them
Posted on October 27, 2024 | No CommentsI have been enjoying a couple of new podcasts recently. The first is called Read This, with interviews of writers, many of them Australian. The second is Wiser than Me […] -
![Steve’s 60th was months in the making: his family and I took about 50 text messages to find a weekend that everyone was able to travel up and surprise him; […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PHOTO-2024-09-01-21-41-07-115x115.jpg "Sixty")
Sixty
Posted on September 28, 2024 | No CommentsSteve’s 60th was months in the making: his family and I took about 50 text messages to find a weekend that everyone was able to travel up and surprise him; […] -
![Before I start a six-month secondment, I’ve had a break from work for three-and-a-half weeks. I started with four days in Noosa enjoying the beach, restaurants, company of my parents, […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IMG_9119-3-115x115.jpg "Winterlude")
Winterlude
Posted on August 24, 2024 | No CommentsBefore I start a six-month secondment, I’ve had a break from work for three-and-a-half weeks. I started with four days in Noosa enjoying the beach, restaurants, company of my parents, […] -
![These school holidays, towards the end of our two-week stay with Steve’s mum in Melbourne, we had a night with Jessie at her acre block just outside Warragul. We hadn’t […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_8946-1-115x115.jpg "Family and community")
Family and community
Posted on July 28, 2024 | No CommentsThese school holidays, towards the end of our two-week stay with Steve’s mum in Melbourne, we had a night with Jessie at her acre block just outside Warragul. We hadn’t […] -
![In the depths of winter, the girls had their individual sleepover birthday parties, sandwiched by the family afternoon tea. The organizing and catering were less demanding for me given […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rocks-Lara-E-K-IMG_8902-115x115.jpg "Covering some ground")
Covering some ground
Posted on June 30, 2024 | No CommentsIn the depths of winter, the girls had their individual sleepover birthday parties, sandwiched by the family afternoon tea. The organizing and catering were less demanding for me given […] -
![Just two weeks after having been there for our holiday, we drove to Melbourne for the weekend for Jarrah (my first cousin once removed) and his fiancé’ Chelsea’s engagement party/ […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_8809-2-115x115.jpg "Engaged")
Engaged
Posted on May 26, 2024 | No CommentsJust two weeks after having been there for our holiday, we drove to Melbourne for the weekend for Jarrah (my first cousin once removed) and his fiancé’ Chelsea’s engagement party/ […] -
![After our family pilgrimage to dad’s hometown of Ballarat in 2019, we all first planned to visit mum’s childhood hometown of Sea Lake back in 2020, and then 2021 and […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_8650-McLennan-sign-115x115.jpg "Back to Sea Lake")
Back to Sea Lake
Posted on April 28, 2024 | No CommentsAfter our family pilgrimage to dad’s hometown of Ballarat in 2019, we all first planned to visit mum’s childhood hometown of Sea Lake back in 2020, and then 2021 and […] -
![Lara: ‘We got up at 8 or 9 to go to Sydney and we got to Kay and Toni’s house at 12 ‘cause we were getting ready there while mum […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Girls-Taylor-Swift-2024-115x115.jpg "Lara and Rhea tell us about Taylor and Kangaroo Valley")
Lara and Rhea tell us about Taylor and Kangaroo Valley
Posted on March 31, 2024 | No CommentsLara: ‘We got up at 8 or 9 to go to Sydney and we got to Kay and Toni’s house at 12 ‘cause we were getting ready there while mum […] -
![It started like a normal day: get up, clomp downstairs, rub cat’s tummy, feed cat, eat breakfast, walk down street to bus with girls, drive to work. As part of […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/beads-IMG_8300-115x115.jpg "Folklore")
Folklore
Posted on February 25, 2024 | No CommentsIt started like a normal day: get up, clomp downstairs, rub cat’s tummy, feed cat, eat breakfast, walk down street to bus with girls, drive to work. As part of […]