The Parrillo Family

Summer has arrived for both girls.  SD - pictured above with her two teachers - finished "Two-year-old" Preschool.  She went once a week for a few hours.  They painted, colored, learned and mostly figured out how to deal with other kids and listen to teachers it seems.   The class had a little final day performance for parents and handed out a compilation of all the work that the kids had done throughout the year.   She's on to 'big girl school' next year (AKA the same place Ellie goes!), so everybody is looking forward to the new adventure.  

Look who has lost her training wheels?!?  Our little Eloise is now riding back-and-forth in our alley and asks all the time: "Can we go out and ride my bike?" ( If you are reading this in your email and can't see the video below, click here to watch it on the site. ) Looking back, it was in April of 2013 when Eloise got on this bike for the first time.    And it didn't take long for her to get the hang of her training wheels.  

Frank the Tank appears to be the emerging nickname of choice for our little guy.  While I still call him "The Topper" and Papa calls him "The Bambino", once you pick him up, Frank the Tank seems very appropriate. He's growing fast.  And...This past week, he hit the seven month mark in this world and he seems to be enjoying every minute of it.  I know that Nat and I are, too! He's made a lot of progress and is sitting up, moving a bit and discovering new things all the time.  His big sisters love him soooo much.  We're so fortunate to have him in our family and we can't wait to see what new opportunities he brings to all of us as he grows up. Here's the post showing Sadie at 7 months old .  She had A LOT more hair than he does! Here's the post showing Ellie at 7 months old .  They look so much alike. As Nat put it: The Topper loves to army crawl, find little things on our floor to taste and giggle with his sisters. He's just...

Ellie, Sadie and their bestie cousin from down the street got all geared up in their swimwear and took a few runs through the sprinkler this month. Sadie looks so happy to be in there mixing it up with the 'big girls' and their swimming outfits!

Thomas Francis is always so happy to see everyone in the mornings and this is the reaction you get when you greet him in his crib!