![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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![Heidi brought the girls in to my work last week – their first visit to see where I am all day. Just out of the lift we met Sally, who […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/OFFICE-115x115.jpg "The Office")
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Posted on July 30, 2017 | No CommentsHeidi brought the girls in to my work last week – their first visit to see where I am all day. Just out of the lift we met Sally, who […] -
![It was Rhea and Lara’s birthday last week, which capped off a week of birthday treats. On the preceding Sunday we had afternoon tea – a castle cake that Maggie […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/7th-birthday-cake-115x115.jpg "No longer six")
No longer six
Posted on June 25, 2017 | No CommentsIt was Rhea and Lara’s birthday last week, which capped off a week of birthday treats. On the preceding Sunday we had afternoon tea – a castle cake that Maggie […] -
![Today I had the girls all day while Steve was off gliding again. Maggie and Oli visited us bringing Turkish Pide for lunch, the girls waiting for them excitedly perched […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_4549-115x115.jpg "Autumn adventures")
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Posted on May 28, 2017 | No CommentsToday I had the girls all day while Steve was off gliding again. Maggie and Oli visited us bringing Turkish Pide for lunch, the girls waiting for them excitedly perched […] -
![We’ve just been down to the Victorian coast for ten days during these Easter holidays. The girls jumped straight on the Powerwings (a type of scooter) when we arrived and were […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/SANTCASTLES-115x115.jpg "The science of sandcastles")
The science of sandcastles
Posted on April 30, 2017 | No CommentsWe’ve just been down to the Victorian coast for ten days during these Easter holidays. The girls jumped straight on the Powerwings (a type of scooter) when we arrived and were […] -
![On March 19 my grandmother Kathleen would have turned 100. She died 17 years ago now, aged 83. Some of her children, my uncles and aunt, had a celebration for […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/GRANDMA1-115x115.jpg "One hundred")
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Posted on March 26, 2017 | No CommentsOn March 19 my grandmother Kathleen would have turned 100. She died 17 years ago now, aged 83. Some of her children, my uncles and aunt, had a celebration for […] -
![We’ve adjusted now into the new year. Swimming lessons twice a week, gymnastics on Monday afternoons, and homework. Loads of it. We took the girls shopping to buy swivel chairs […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/GIRLS-STUDYING-115x115.jpg "Starting Grade One")
Starting Grade One
Posted on February 26, 2017 | No CommentsWe’ve adjusted now into the new year. Swimming lessons twice a week, gymnastics on Monday afternoons, and homework. Loads of it. We took the girls shopping to buy swivel chairs […] -
![2016 was a busy year for our family. The girls started kindergarten and began learning to read, to play the recorder and do gymnastics, and learnt to ride a bike. […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sand-slide-115x115.jpg "2016: Diving in")
2016: Diving in
Posted on January 29, 2017 | No Comments2016 was a busy year for our family. The girls started kindergarten and began learning to read, to play the recorder and do gymnastics, and learnt to ride a bike. […] -
![The Christmas tree was a bit mutilated this year, but it still smells good. Steve cut off too many lower branches so that it would fit into its stand, so […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/photo-OF-Xmas-115x115.jpg "The magical day")
The magical day
Posted on December 25, 2016 | No CommentsThe Christmas tree was a bit mutilated this year, but it still smells good. Steve cut off too many lower branches so that it would fit into its stand, so […] -
![1. Steady Our lives continued as they had been travelling: peacefully, uneventfully. The financial markets recovered, and ordinary citizens rallied and were empowered. Democracy was apparently stronger than any one […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Trump-115x115.jpg "Looking back on 2016, from 2059")
Looking back on 2016, from 2059
Posted on November 27, 2016 | No Comments1. Steady Our lives continued as they had been travelling: peacefully, uneventfully. The financial markets recovered, and ordinary citizens rallied and were empowered. Democracy was apparently stronger than any one […] -
![I do like a good fête. What’s not to like? It entertains the kids, often in a familiar environment. Interesting food, the smell of clover daisies and freshly cut grass, […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/maze-115x115.png "Enjoying the moments")
Enjoying the moments
Posted on October 30, 2016 | No CommentsI do like a good fête. What’s not to like? It entertains the kids, often in a familiar environment. Interesting food, the smell of clover daisies and freshly cut grass, […]