![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")
![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-640x250.jpg "Back to Sea Lake")
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![We went to a camp at Birrigai from Wednesday the 27th to Friday 29th of March. On the first day, we were told which cabins we were in and who […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/camp-115x115.jpg "Camp Birrigai: By Lara")
Camp Birrigai: By Lara
Posted on March 31, 2019 | No CommentsWe went to a camp at Birrigai from Wednesday the 27th to Friday 29th of March. On the first day, we were told which cabins we were in and who […] -
![This year I’ve been on a de-cluttering slow-burn. Feeling dismayed at the sight of teetering piles of junk on many surfaces, toys and books permanently strewn around the girls’ room […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/LIBRARY-115x115.jpg "Creating order")
Creating order
Posted on February 24, 2019 | No CommentsThis year I’ve been on a de-cluttering slow-burn. Feeling dismayed at the sight of teetering piles of junk on many surfaces, toys and books permanently strewn around the girls’ room […] -
![One of the four podcasts that I regularly listen to is In the Minefield with Waleed Ali and Scott Stephens, discussing the ethical and moral dilemmas of modern life. The […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Australia-day-image-1-115x115.jpg "Australia Day")
Australia Day
Posted on January 27, 2019 | No CommentsOne of the four podcasts that I regularly listen to is In the Minefield with Waleed Ali and Scott Stephens, discussing the ethical and moral dilemmas of modern life. The […] -
![Another busy and challenging year. Here are some of the most memorable moments from the girls’ utterances and questions: Rhea: Sorry mummy. Lara: That’s weird! Rhea: I’m bored! Lara: What […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_0900-1-115x115.jpg "If we were fairies. . .")
If we were fairies. . .
Posted on December 30, 2018 | No CommentsAnother busy and challenging year. Here are some of the most memorable moments from the girls’ utterances and questions: Rhea: Sorry mummy. Lara: That’s weird! Rhea: I’m bored! Lara: What […] -
![One last thing to do before running out the door at the office on Friday afternoon, taking a taxi to the airport for a flight to Melbourne for Penny and […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Penny-115x115.jpg "Joy")
Joy
Posted on November 25, 2018 | No CommentsOne last thing to do before running out the door at the office on Friday afternoon, taking a taxi to the airport for a flight to Melbourne for Penny and […] -
![There was a plant sale at the local nursery this weekend. After the timely advice from Gardening Australia last night suggesting people don’t buy leafy greens that are too well […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_0664-veggie-patch-115x115.jpg "Spring")
Spring
Posted on October 28, 2018 | No CommentsThere was a plant sale at the local nursery this weekend. After the timely advice from Gardening Australia last night suggesting people don’t buy leafy greens that are too well […] -
![We had a big weekend last weekend. Dad’s play was performed, and we all went and enjoyed it, including Duncan, Becky, Maggie, Peter, Oli, Lara, Rhea, Steve and I, uncle […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/plant-115x115.jpg "On frustration and rage")
On frustration and rage
Posted on September 30, 2018 | No CommentsWe had a big weekend last weekend. Dad’s play was performed, and we all went and enjoyed it, including Duncan, Becky, Maggie, Peter, Oli, Lara, Rhea, Steve and I, uncle […] -
![A whole week at the snow, and being taken out of school to go! I have only had a week at the snow once, in the trip to Europe and […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/icicles-IMG_0403-e1535284894334-115x115.jpg "White")
White
Posted on August 26, 2018 | No CommentsA whole week at the snow, and being taken out of school to go! I have only had a week at the snow once, in the trip to Europe and […] -
![We had a week’s winter holiday, making the most of what the city and country have to offer. In the city, the girls had fun at a play centre called […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/IMG_0324-cow-115x115.jpg "Catching our breath")
Catching our breath
Posted on July 28, 2018 | No CommentsWe had a week’s winter holiday, making the most of what the city and country have to offer. In the city, the girls had fun at a play centre called […] -
![The girls’ birthday fell on a Saturday this year; the coldest day of the year so far at only seven degrees centigrade. It was overcast too, reminding me of the […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/eighth-birthday-IMG_0210-115x115.jpg "A heart-shaped cake")
A heart-shaped cake
Posted on June 24, 2018 | No CommentsThe girls’ birthday fell on a Saturday this year; the coldest day of the year so far at only seven degrees centigrade. It was overcast too, reminding me of the […]