![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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![We had more sad news this month with the death of an old friend of Steve’s family, Norman Beischer, who died from leukaemia on the second of February. He left […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/norman-115x115.jpg "Norman")
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Posted on February 22, 2015 | No CommentsWe had more sad news this month with the death of an old friend of Steve’s family, Norman Beischer, who died from leukaemia on the second of February. He left […] -
![As we ease in to 2015, it’s not too late to look back at some of my favourite quotes from the girls in 2014. Enjoy. Lara: ‘Where do the clouds […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/photo3-115x115.jpg "Mummy’s not very good at cooking eggs, is she?")
Mummy’s not very good at cooking eggs, is she?
Posted on January 25, 2015 | No CommentsAs we ease in to 2015, it’s not too late to look back at some of my favourite quotes from the girls in 2014. Enjoy. Lara: ‘Where do the clouds […] -
![The first time mum had a brush with death was about 10 years ago, when she wasn’t even 60. She was in Paris with dad and Duncan and asked dad […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Nigel-skiing-20110310-115x115.jpg "Exhilaration")
Exhilaration
Posted on December 28, 2014 | No CommentsThe first time mum had a brush with death was about 10 years ago, when she wasn’t even 60. She was in Paris with dad and Duncan and asked dad […] -
![I participated in an activity earlier this year, in which the membership of the refugee advocacy group that I contribute to were invited to write a letter which would be […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Reaching-Out-115x115.jpg "Reaching out")
Reaching out
Posted on November 30, 2014 | No CommentsI participated in an activity earlier this year, in which the membership of the refugee advocacy group that I contribute to were invited to write a letter which would be […] -
![Spring is such a rejuvenating time of year. I love watching the blossoms singing out in their pretty girl pinks; bold, deep variations on rose and simple white; smelling the […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/photo1-115x115.jpg "Spring cut")
Spring cut
Posted on October 26, 2014 | No CommentsSpring is such a rejuvenating time of year. I love watching the blossoms singing out in their pretty girl pinks; bold, deep variations on rose and simple white; smelling the […] -
![Steve opened the ‘communication book’ from school and groaned. The school was planning a Father’s Day concert – that bit was OK – and the teachers would appreciate the parents […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/circus.jpg "Father’s Day concert")
Father’s Day concert
Posted on September 26, 2014 | No CommentsSteve opened the ‘communication book’ from school and groaned. The school was planning a Father’s Day concert – that bit was OK – and the teachers would appreciate the parents […] -
![We had another weekend interlude without the girls this weekend. The last one a few months ago was for my 40th: hotel with harbour views, dinner, gallery. This weekend it […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Steve.jpg "Fifty")
Fifty
Posted on August 31, 2014 | 1 CommentWe had another weekend interlude without the girls this weekend. The last one a few months ago was for my 40th: hotel with harbour views, dinner, gallery. This weekend it […] -
![Winter holidays. Boy, was I due for them! I’d been flat out at work – no time for a lunch break in three weeks, then the girls developed successive viruses […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/holidays.jpg "Winter holidays. Yay!*")
Winter holidays. Yay!*
Posted on July 27, 2014 | No CommentsWinter holidays. Boy, was I due for them! I’d been flat out at work – no time for a lunch break in three weeks, then the girls developed successive viruses […] -
![It has started. Birthday party invitations. Birthday party weekends. The first one was about a month ago. Another little blond haired, blue eyed girl from the girls’ preschool, Kirsten, was […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4th-birthday-cake-photo.jpg "Four birthdays")
Four birthdays
Posted on June 29, 2014 | No CommentsIt has started. Birthday party invitations. Birthday party weekends. The first one was about a month ago. Another little blond haired, blue eyed girl from the girls’ preschool, Kirsten, was […] -
![Monday Morning: Steve: ‘OK darlings, would you like to get dressed now? It’s time to get ready for preschool.’ Lara: ‘No! Don’t want to get dressed! I’m eating my bweakfast.’ […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/MathClock13.jpg "A few whiles ago")
A few whiles ago
Posted on May 25, 2014 | No CommentsMonday Morning: Steve: ‘OK darlings, would you like to get dressed now? It’s time to get ready for preschool.’ Lara: ‘No! Don’t want to get dressed! I’m eating my bweakfast.’ […]