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- After extensive travel for short periods both inside Australia and overseas, I took a break from my health policy job to travel for two months in Spain, Portugal and Morocco and live for four months in France, three of those in Paris. I'm currently living back in Australia with Steve and our twins Rhea and Lara.
![I recently caught up with a friend from school who I hadn’t seen for many years. Our conversation included me telling her of my latest tactic for getting the girls […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/babychino-115x115.jpg "No Drama Discipline")
![I have a list of goals for 2016. Cleaning out the shed isn’t on it. But with the prospect of four days at home over Easter, I decided it would […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/shed-115x115.jpg "Glass swans")
![We bought the girls bikes for Christmas. I looked on Gumtree for weeks, but the kids’ bikes that were advertised were always in poor condition or not quite the right […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/bikes-Feb16-115x115.jpg "Balance")
![The girls are starting school tomorrow. After another long, relaxed beach holiday with Steve’s family, learning new expressions from their older cousins like ‘oh crap!’ and ‘oh fudge!’, they had […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/IMG_3776-115x115.jpg "School")
![Another year of little bodies lengthening and getting skinnier, of new experiences, of challenges for the girls and us and another year of language development. Here are some of the […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/rudolphe-115x115.jpg "Wudolf the Wed Nose Waindeer")
![The night that we were going out to dinner after Steve’s dad’s memorial service I missed a call from Maggie. I remember her message caused me some worry: it was something […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/photo-Kay-115x115.jpg "Kay")
![Rhea and Lara quite like the book by Mem Fox and Julie Vivas called ‘Possum Magic.’ It’s a story about how Grandma Poss hunts all over Australia to find the […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/tree-115x115.jpg "Possum Magic")
![They say one tip for a happier life is to clear out the clutter. We have been working hard at that recently. Looking at our small house, bursting with toys, […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/desk-115x115.jpg "Renos")
![We had a weekend at the snow last weekend. It was a real mixed bag. Such a lot of organising and packing, and a fair drive to get there too, […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/skiing-115x115.jpg "Pizza")
![This week, after four months of Rhea having hearing loss due to fluid in her middle ear that the nurse audiologist concurred has made her ‘as deaf as a post’ […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/hands-115x115.jpg "Wot?")