The Parrillo Family

She's finally getting her sea legs! Hide your kids, hide your wife! She'll be all over our house, soon! For those of you who don't get my "hide your kids, hide your wife" joke, you can read this piece to get up to speed.  

**NOTE** This post, too was written a few months late!   The year was full of first's for Wheezie and Halloween was no different.  Each year, my mom hosts a pretty fun Halloween party - always the Sunday before Halloween.  Noonie gets dressed up, the kids wear their costumes, Uncle Marc mans a pinata, and we all eat way too much candy.   This year, Eloise was a strawberry!  And...a Ladybug.  Yes.  She's such a diva with two costumes!  At Noonies, she wore the strawberry outfit, but at other gatherings she was a pink ladybug! Halloween is becoming a fun holiday as we've started to decorate our house a bit.  Instead of just waiting for Christmas, Halloween gives us an opportunity to bring a little fun inside.  And, it wouldn't be halloween if we didn't carve pumpkins.  We'll...more like decorate.  If you have time, go through the slideshow to see the Owl pumpkins! With her first Halloween behind her, it is such a joy to know that...

Note:  I'm writing this post a few weeks late! Sorry!  The holidays got in the way! One of my favorite memories around the holidays growing up was eating breakfast "Under the tree" in the Walnut Room at Marshall Fields on State Street.  I *think* we used to take the electric train down from Richton Park and get out under the Prudential building. We'd then saunter over to Marshall Fields, gaze at the windows, then head upstairs for breakfast (or...depending on how long the line was, lunch!).  Because of that history, it makes me really happy that we've been able to keep the tradition alive and now Eloise has been to her first Walnut Room breakfast! We went early in the season and planned well: arriving before the store even opened.  Although they've changed the name to Macy's (And..I secretly wanted to dislike the experience), they really rolled out the red carpet.  I was impressed.  The breakfast is served buffet style - which is just fine with me. Aft...