![I took Rhea, Lara and two of their friends to a Billie Eilish concert a few weeks ago. We all reflected on the experience. Isolde: What was surprising about […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Billie-Eilish-IMG_9668-640x250.jpg "Isolde and the Four")
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![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")
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![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")
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![My uncle Roger’s 40th birthday party was held at his brother, my uncle Malcolm’s rustic guesthouse on the Gippsland lakes forty years ago this month. I was eleven and dressed […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/thumbnail-5-379x250.jpeg "A milestone")
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My uncle Roger’s 40th birthday party was held at his brother, my uncle Malcolm’s rustic guesthouse on the Gippsland lakes forty years ago this month. I was eleven and dressed […]
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![I must admit I have found the girls challenging in the past few months. The ratio of crying and whinging to charming and amusing behaviour has seemed to be all […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/little-cars1-115x115.jpg "Terrible twos")
Terrible twos
Posted on November 25, 2012 | No CommentsI must admit I have found the girls challenging in the past few months. The ratio of crying and whinging to charming and amusing behaviour has seemed to be all […] -
![This week I took the girls to a twins and multiples playgroup. And I also had some time alone with Lara, which is a rare event. This week was a […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Emergency-Sign1-115x115.jpg "Twins together and apart")
Twins together and apart
Posted on October 28, 2012 | No CommentsThis week I took the girls to a twins and multiples playgroup. And I also had some time alone with Lara, which is a rare event. This week was a […] -
![Last weekend we took the girls on their second plane trip and went to a wedding. The girls aren’t too far behind me in the wedding stakes, relative to our […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Airafs-wedding1-e1348925346744.jpg "Wedding weekend")
Wedding weekend
Posted on September 29, 2012 | No CommentsLast weekend we took the girls on their second plane trip and went to a wedding. The girls aren’t too far behind me in the wedding stakes, relative to our […] -
![Some days, like those days when the girls are sick and seem to cling to me all day, whinging and eating at my patience, a test of endurance for which […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/books-115x115.jpg "We love books")
We love books
Posted on August 26, 2012 | No CommentsSome days, like those days when the girls are sick and seem to cling to me all day, whinging and eating at my patience, a test of endurance for which […] -
![Apart from babies, the main thing that the girls are obsessed with at the moment is the car (‘dar’ in two-year-old speak). It’s an old grey Volvo station wagon, not […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/car1-115x115.jpg "Our dar")
Our dar
Posted on July 29, 2012 | No CommentsApart from babies, the main thing that the girls are obsessed with at the moment is the car (‘dar’ in two-year-old speak). It’s an old grey Volvo station wagon, not […] -
![Two Girls – How old are you? – I’m doo! Yes it’s been two years already. And the girls had their birthday party on their birthday last weekend. It was […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/balloons-115x115.jpg "Two girls")
Two girls
Posted on June 27, 2012 | No CommentsTwo Girls – How old are you? – I’m doo! Yes it’s been two years already. And the girls had their birthday party on their birthday last weekend. It was […] -
![– When is Maggie coming back from overseas? I was having a chat with my sister’s friend from school at the Farmer’s Market stall where she and her husband sold […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/marcus1-115x115.jpg "Uncle Marcus")
Uncle Marcus
Posted on May 27, 2012 | No Comments– When is Maggie coming back from overseas? I was having a chat with my sister’s friend from school at the Farmer’s Market stall where she and her husband sold […] -
![The acquisition of language is one of the great miracles of life. Building up to a working vocabulary of tens of thousands of words over a lifetime, the early stages […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/conversation4-115x115.png "10 words you can’t live without")
10 words you can’t live without
Posted on April 29, 2012 | No CommentsThe acquisition of language is one of the great miracles of life. Building up to a working vocabulary of tens of thousands of words over a lifetime, the early stages […] -
![Lara seems to call it ‘ice’ – I don’t know why – and Rhea doesn’t call it anything in particular. But they both understand ‘time for milk!’ and come running. […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/african-statue-115x115.jpg "Toddlers’ milk")
Toddlers’ milk
Posted on March 31, 2012 | No CommentsLara seems to call it ‘ice’ – I don’t know why – and Rhea doesn’t call it anything in particular. But they both understand ‘time for milk!’ and come running. […] -
![I’ve been back at work now for eight months already. I’m working three days a week, so now during the course of a week the girls are cared for by […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/girls-in-hats1-115x115.jpg "The rhythm of our days")
The rhythm of our days
Posted on February 26, 2012 | 1 CommentI’ve been back at work now for eight months already. I’m working three days a week, so now during the course of a week the girls are cared for by […]