![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_7936-476x250.jpg "Not playing")
![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_9245-640x250.jpg "Listening to them")
![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-2024-09-01-21-41-07-640x250.jpg "Sixty")
![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_9119-3-476x250.jpg "Winterlude")
![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_8946-1-455x250.jpg "Family and community")
![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_8902-469x250.jpg "Covering some ground")
![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.jpg "Engaged")
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![Back home after a month away. It was a month of connecting with families – Steve’s at the family holiday house, and mine when Duncan, Becky and their little boys […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_9448-3-beach-621x250.jpg "Connections")
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![Another year of little bodies lengthening and getting skinnier, of new experiences, of challenges for the girls and us and another year of language development. Here are some of the […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/rudolphe-115x115.jpg "Wudolf the Wed Nose Waindeer")
Wudolf the Wed Nose Waindeer
Posted on December 26, 2015 | No CommentsAnother year of little bodies lengthening and getting skinnier, of new experiences, of challenges for the girls and us and another year of language development. Here are some of the […] -
![The night that we were going out to dinner after Steve’s dad’s memorial service I missed a call from Maggie. I remember her message caused me some worry: it was something […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/photo-Kay-115x115.jpg "Kay")
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Posted on November 29, 2015 | 1 CommentThe night that we were going out to dinner after Steve’s dad’s memorial service I missed a call from Maggie. I remember her message caused me some worry: it was something […] -
![Rhea and Lara quite like the book by Mem Fox and Julie Vivas called ‘Possum Magic.’ It’s a story about how Grandma Poss hunts all over Australia to find the […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/tree-115x115.jpg "Possum Magic")
Possum Magic
Posted on October 25, 2015 | No CommentsRhea and Lara quite like the book by Mem Fox and Julie Vivas called ‘Possum Magic.’ It’s a story about how Grandma Poss hunts all over Australia to find the […] -
![They say one tip for a happier life is to clear out the clutter. We have been working hard at that recently. Looking at our small house, bursting with toys, […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/desk-115x115.jpg "Renos")
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Posted on September 27, 2015 | No CommentsThey say one tip for a happier life is to clear out the clutter. We have been working hard at that recently. Looking at our small house, bursting with toys, […] -
![We had a weekend at the snow last weekend. It was a real mixed bag. Such a lot of organising and packing, and a fair drive to get there too, […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/skiing-115x115.jpg "Pizza")
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Posted on August 30, 2015 | No CommentsWe had a weekend at the snow last weekend. It was a real mixed bag. Such a lot of organising and packing, and a fair drive to get there too, […] -
![This week, after four months of Rhea having hearing loss due to fluid in her middle ear that the nurse audiologist concurred has made her ‘as deaf as a post’ […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/hands-115x115.jpg "Wot?")
Wot?
Posted on July 26, 2015 | No CommentsThis week, after four months of Rhea having hearing loss due to fluid in her middle ear that the nurse audiologist concurred has made her ‘as deaf as a post’ […] -
![– ‘Welcome everybody! Why are you here?’ – ‘To do some cooking!’ – ‘To eat some cakes!’ – ‘Anything else? Is it Christmas?’ – ‘It’s Lara and Rhea’s birthday!’ This […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/jack-in-the-box-cake-115x115.jpg "Strung Out")
Strung Out
Posted on June 28, 2015 | No Comments– ‘Welcome everybody! Why are you here?’ – ‘To do some cooking!’ – ‘To eat some cakes!’ – ‘Anything else? Is it Christmas?’ – ‘It’s Lara and Rhea’s birthday!’ This […] -
![I’m pretty pleased with myself this week. On my three allocated days for making dinner for the family, I made three very tasty meals; but more than that, I used […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/risotto1-115x115.jpg "Getting organised with food")
Getting organised with food
Posted on May 30, 2015 | No CommentsI’m pretty pleased with myself this week. On my three allocated days for making dinner for the family, I made three very tasty meals; but more than that, I used […] -
![See how he stands so easily and lightly despite his knapsacks and uniform, steadying his gun as it leans upright beside him. His hat sits at a slight angle on […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/soldiers-115x115.jpg "Honour")
Honour
Posted on April 26, 2015 | No CommentsSee how he stands so easily and lightly despite his knapsacks and uniform, steadying his gun as it leans upright beside him. His hat sits at a slight angle on […] -
![On Friday night, after a gruelling week, the girls and I walked to the primary school a block away for the school’s annual twilight fair. We arrived after 7pm and […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/climbing-115x115.jpg "Spreading our wings")
Spreading our wings
Posted on March 29, 2015 | No CommentsOn Friday night, after a gruelling week, the girls and I walked to the primary school a block away for the school’s annual twilight fair. We arrived after 7pm and […]