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![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-2024-09-01-21-41-07-115x115.jpg "Sixty")
Sixty
Posted on September 28, 2024 | No CommentsSteve’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; […] -
![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_8902-115x115.jpg "Covering some ground")
Covering some ground
Posted on June 30, 2024 | No CommentsIn 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 […] -
![Officially teenagers! This June, the girls’ birthday was marked, cheered, noticed and celebrated by clusters of friends and family. First the birthday phone calls from Steve’s family interstate. They had […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_7737-13-115x115.jpg "Teenagers")
Teenagers
Posted on June 24, 2023 | No CommentsOfficially teenagers! This June, the girls’ birthday was marked, cheered, noticed and celebrated by clusters of friends and family. First the birthday phone calls from Steve’s family interstate. They had […] -
![A few weeks ago, I finished pruning the fruit trees out the back. I’m not sure if winter is the right time to prune, when the thin branches are growing […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/flowers-IMG_6608-115x115.jpg "Blossoming")
Blossoming
Posted on August 28, 2022 | No CommentsA few weeks ago, I finished pruning the fruit trees out the back. I’m not sure if winter is the right time to prune, when the thin branches are growing […] -
![Twelve years ago since that equally cold, grey day when the girls were born, it doesn’t seem like that long. The great excitement as usual of opening large packages, so […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/girls12-115x115.jpg "Party, Work, Rest, Party")
Party, Work, Rest, Party
Posted on June 26, 2022 | No CommentsTwelve years ago since that equally cold, grey day when the girls were born, it doesn’t seem like that long. The great excitement as usual of opening large packages, so […] -
![Dad turned seventy this week. As Lara said in the joke she found, what goes up but never down? Your age. We marked the occasion with a dinner at a […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/IMG_5698-115x115.jpg "Dad is 70!")
Dad is 70!
Posted on November 28, 2021 | No CommentsDad turned seventy this week. As Lara said in the joke she found, what goes up but never down? Your age. We marked the occasion with a dinner at a […] -
![The month of the girls’ tenth birthday is drawing to a close, and with it the weeks of its celebration, like an Indian wedding. Rhea was thoughtful about the milestone, […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Girls-birthday-10-PHOTO-2020-06-16-08-21-23-1-115x115.jpg "Ten")
Ten
Posted on June 28, 2020 | No CommentsThe month of the girls’ tenth birthday is drawing to a close, and with it the weeks of its celebration, like an Indian wedding. Rhea was thoughtful about the milestone, […] -
![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 […] -
![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 […] -
![Approaching Lara and Rhea’s sixth birthday, we tossed around ideas about where to go in the cold weather – we have a small house for winter parties. We ended up ruling out […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cards-115x115.jpg "Birthday buddies")
Birthday buddies
Posted on June 26, 2016 | No CommentsApproaching Lara and Rhea’s sixth birthday, we tossed around ideas about where to go in the cold weather – we have a small house for winter parties. We ended up ruling out […]