The Parrillo Family

Over the weekend, we packed up the Big Beef and the girls along with their cousin (who is recently returned from a two year stay in Switzerland) and took them down to Comiskey Park to take in a White Sox vs. Detroit Tigers game.  Turns out, it was Star Wars night and we kind of lucked into a really fun experience for all of us. The kids have been to baseball games before including the Kane County Cougars game Eloise took us all to earlier this Spring and even to White Sox games in the past.   Here is SD and Eloise all the way back in 2013 at their very first baseball game to see the White Sox .   And here's a video of SD in 2015 at the White Sox game in the Fundamentals area where she raced against Scott Podsednik . And last year, during the Chicago Cubs historic, World Series run, we took all three kids to their very first Cubs game at Wrigley Field .  Nat was in heaven then.  Because of my White Sox fandom (Thanks to my Dad!) and the ease of parking/navig...

For a weekend in early August, we were fortunate enough to gather most of the Parrillo family up in Twin Lakes for a 'right before back to school' get-together.  The girls had fun hanging with their older cousins and Nat and I loved being able to spend time with my sisters, my parents and Equation Boy/Man.  It was a low-key affair, but was so nice to be able to be together up there and we're grateful for the Morans for making it happen! The first night of the weekend included a makeup session/party with the girls applying makeup to themselves and the older cousins.  The older girls were good sports.   And we spent a lot of time out on the water in the boat.  The Big Beef wanted to be in the captain's seat the whole day. Here's the girls posing with their cousin who just came back from being abroad for two years. With Papa's big tube, we were able to get three little ones and the Goozer on the tube together.  Eloise an...