![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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![Looking back on ‘A few whiles ago’ from May 2014, I thought it was time for an update on how our mornings are going. Here is a sample taken over […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/jump-IMG_0079-1-115x115.jpg "The highs and lows")
The highs and lows
Posted on May 26, 2018 | No CommentsLooking back on ‘A few whiles ago’ from May 2014, I thought it was time for an update on how our mornings are going. Here is a sample taken over […] -
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Posted on April 29, 2018 | No CommentsLast week we had a family ‘back to Ballarat’ where Dad grew up. Maggie, the girls, Oli and I took a road trip to get there. We stopped at a […] -
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Gratitude
Posted on March 25, 2018 | No CommentsThe new treehouse isn’t getting much use yet but the bottom of the garden is, with a lot of traffic over the back fence to visit the five and two-year […] -
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Western Wedding
Posted on February 25, 2018 | No CommentsHow was the wedding? If I had to identify one of the happiest weekends of my life, the wedding would be on it. ‘I’m eagerly awaiting the explosion of pleasure’, […] -
![We’re having a week in WA before Duncan and Becky’s wedding near Margaret River. It’s the end of a long summer with the girls – long slow days at Anglesea […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/playground-115x115.jpg "Please turn left")
Please turn left
Posted on January 28, 2018 | No CommentsWe’re having a week in WA before Duncan and Becky’s wedding near Margaret River. It’s the end of a long summer with the girls – long slow days at Anglesea […] -
![As is the case for significant international events, I remember where I was the day I first heard about Peppa Pig. It was at the girls’ playgroup. And then, when […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/photo-bye-115x115.jpg "Mum, can I tell you something?")
Mum, can I tell you something?
Posted on December 31, 2017 | No CommentsAs is the case for significant international events, I remember where I was the day I first heard about Peppa Pig. It was at the girls’ playgroup. And then, when […] -
![I’ve been conscious recently that the girls have had very little exposure to art, and particularly painting, this year, because the curriculum is crammed with academic activity and learning French, […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_9456-115x115.jpg "Create")
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Posted on November 26, 2017 | No CommentsI’ve been conscious recently that the girls have had very little exposure to art, and particularly painting, this year, because the curriculum is crammed with academic activity and learning French, […] -
![The loss of around 8 teeth by Lara and 5 by Rhea has prompted a recent correspondence with the Tooth Fairy. Here are the letters and responses: Dear tooth […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fairies-115x115.jpg "Dear Tooth Fairy")
Dear Tooth Fairy
Posted on October 28, 2017 | No CommentsThe loss of around 8 teeth by Lara and 5 by Rhea has prompted a recent correspondence with the Tooth Fairy. Here are the letters and responses: Dear tooth […] -
![Holidays at last after not having more than four days off in a row since April. We’ve had an adventure in the first week, the girls and I flew to […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_8836-old-house-thebarton-115x115.jpg "Old friends")
Old friends
Posted on October 1, 2017 | No CommentsHolidays at last after not having more than four days off in a row since April. We’ve had an adventure in the first week, the girls and I flew to […] -
![‘It’s raining,’ called Rhea. ‘No it’s snowing,’ corrected Steve. Last weekend we went to the snow – and it was near perfect skiing weather in a season that one veteran […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_8742-skiing-2017-115x115.jpg "Harmony")
Harmony
Posted on August 26, 2017 | No Comments‘It’s raining,’ called Rhea. ‘No it’s snowing,’ corrected Steve. Last weekend we went to the snow – and it was near perfect skiing weather in a season that one veteran […]