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![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")
Spring cut
Posted on October 26, 2014 | No CommentsSpring 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 […] -
![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")
Father’s Day concert
Posted on September 26, 2014 | No CommentsSteve 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 […] -
![We had another weekend interlude without the girls this weekend. The last one a few months ago was for my 40th: hotel with harbour views, dinner, gallery. This weekend it […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Steve.jpg "Fifty")
Fifty
Posted on August 31, 2014 | 1 CommentWe had another weekend interlude without the girls this weekend. The last one a few months ago was for my 40th: hotel with harbour views, dinner, gallery. This weekend it […] -
![Winter holidays. Boy, was I due for them! I’d been flat out at work – no time for a lunch break in three weeks, then the girls developed successive viruses […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/holidays.jpg "Winter holidays. Yay!*")
Winter holidays. Yay!*
Posted on July 27, 2014 | No CommentsWinter holidays. Boy, was I due for them! I’d been flat out at work – no time for a lunch break in three weeks, then the girls developed successive viruses […] -
![It has started. Birthday party invitations. Birthday party weekends. The first one was about a month ago. Another little blond haired, blue eyed girl from the girls’ preschool, Kirsten, was […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4th-birthday-cake-photo.jpg "Four birthdays")
Four birthdays
Posted on June 29, 2014 | No CommentsIt has started. Birthday party invitations. Birthday party weekends. The first one was about a month ago. Another little blond haired, blue eyed girl from the girls’ preschool, Kirsten, was […] -
![Monday Morning: Steve: ‘OK darlings, would you like to get dressed now? It’s time to get ready for preschool.’ Lara: ‘No! Don’t want to get dressed! I’m eating my bweakfast.’ […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/MathClock13.jpg "A few whiles ago")
A few whiles ago
Posted on May 25, 2014 | No CommentsMonday Morning: Steve: ‘OK darlings, would you like to get dressed now? It’s time to get ready for preschool.’ Lara: ‘No! Don’t want to get dressed! I’m eating my bweakfast.’ […] -
![Autumn, and a week off between Easter and Anzac Day. Back to Steve’s family’s holiday house via a day-long drive, with busy activities with all the cousins. After the adults […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/easter-eggs.jpg "Easter interlude")
Easter interlude
Posted on April 27, 2014 | No CommentsAutumn, and a week off between Easter and Anzac Day. Back to Steve’s family’s holiday house via a day-long drive, with busy activities with all the cousins. After the adults […] -
![I’ve been reading a few books recently. The first by Susan Cain, Quiet: The power of introverts in a world that can’t stop talking is about how the cult of […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/3-books-115x115.jpg "XX")
XX
Posted on March 30, 2014 | No CommentsI’ve been reading a few books recently. The first by Susan Cain, Quiet: The power of introverts in a world that can’t stop talking is about how the cult of […] -
![February, and our land is bleached, torched, scorched. Heatwaves longer and hotter than last year fill our days and nights. Our plans revolve around escaping the heat into air-conditioned buildings, […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/school-swings-115x115.jpg "Big")
Big
Posted on February 23, 2014 | No CommentsFebruary, and our land is bleached, torched, scorched. Heatwaves longer and hotter than last year fill our days and nights. Our plans revolve around escaping the heat into air-conditioned buildings, […] -
![‘Would you kids shut up! We’re trying to sleep!’ I was about 10 years old and my brother and sister and I had arrived earlier that day at my uncle’s […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/girls-watching-seal-115x115.jpg "Frolicking")
Frolicking
Posted on January 26, 2014 | No Comments‘Would you kids shut up! We’re trying to sleep!’ I was about 10 years old and my brother and sister and I had arrived earlier that day at my uncle’s […]