- Website
- http://www.paristoparenthood.net
- Description
- 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.
![– ‘Welcome everybody! Why are you here?’ – ‘To do some cooking!’ – ‘To eat some cakes!’ – ‘Anything else? Is it Christmas?’ – ‘It’s Lara and Rhea’s birthday!’ This […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/jack-in-the-box-cake-115x115.jpg "Strung Out")
![I’m pretty pleased with myself this week. On my three allocated days for making dinner for the family, I made three very tasty meals; but more than that, I used […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/risotto1-115x115.jpg "Getting organised with food")
![See how he stands so easily and lightly despite his knapsacks and uniform, steadying his gun as it leans upright beside him. His hat sits at a slight angle on […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/soldiers-115x115.jpg "Honour")
![On Friday night, after a gruelling week, the girls and I walked to the primary school a block away for the school’s annual twilight fair. We arrived after 7pm and […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/climbing-115x115.jpg "Spreading our wings")
![We had more sad news this month with the death of an old friend of Steve’s family, Norman Beischer, who died from leukaemia on the second of February. He left […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/norman-115x115.jpg "Norman")
![As we ease in to 2015, it’s not too late to look back at some of my favourite quotes from the girls in 2014. Enjoy. Lara: ‘Where do the clouds […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/photo3-115x115.jpg "Mummy’s not very good at cooking eggs, is she?")
![The first time mum had a brush with death was about 10 years ago, when she wasn’t even 60. She was in Paris with dad and Duncan and asked dad […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Nigel-skiing-20110310-115x115.jpg "Exhilaration")
![I participated in an activity earlier this year, in which the membership of the refugee advocacy group that I contribute to were invited to write a letter which would be […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Reaching-Out-115x115.jpg "Reaching out")
![Spring is such a rejuvenating time of year. I love watching the blossoms singing out in their pretty girl pinks; bold, deep variations on rose and simple white; smelling the […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/photo1-115x115.jpg "Spring cut")
![Steve opened the ‘communication book’ from school and groaned. The school was planning a Father’s Day concert – that bit was OK – and the teachers would appreciate the parents […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/circus.jpg "Father’s Day concert")