A few Ollie moments

Playing at Lakewood Park

Piano with "Donut" 

Making new friends

Stephen has made a handful of friends in the short weeks we've been here. August 9 we had the pleasure of seeing our friend, Patrick and Heather Carey, and their kids, Marty and Betsy perform Irish step dance at and Irish festival. Afterwards we hit up Red Robin for dinner. Stephen had a blast watching Marty play Minecraft.

Moving Day July 30th

Busy Saturday

We celebrated Joshua's birthday at the park. The boys had fun with balloons.

Rockam consciously exercised self-control even though he really wanted to open all Joshua's presents for him.

And it was a beautiful day for being outside-- sunny 70s with a breeze.

I took Oliver and Rockam for a stroller ride afterward. Then Rocky was pooped from all that fresh air.

Rocky's in the paper

Rockam and his buddy Kathryn made it in the newspaper this week :)

Evan's birthday party

Ollie didn't want to say cheese.

Valentines

On Thursday, my friend Megan and I hosted the Valentine's Day party at Grace. Here, Rocky concentrates hard on making a valentine with Kathryn and Ruby.

Megan made a zillion heart-shaped cookies, which the kids decorated with frosting and sprinkles. They made extra for the Salvation Army shelter down the block from Grace. Megan, her girls and I brought a big load of donations from the parents of Rocky's classmates to the shelter that afternoon. 

Oliver had fun too. It was a little bit of déjà vu for me :)

Rocky turns 4

Happy New Year!

We spent New Year's Eve at the Douthitt's, eating snacks and playing Crainium. Four out of five Parrinos were awake at midnight. One was out cold. 

Earlier in the evening they played hard. Joshua drives Oliver on Ali's four wheeler. 

A few more Cleveland photos...

Sorry I'm so behind on posting... Been busy over at the book blog :)

Roomies reunite... With kids!

Connor, Steve, Landon and Rocky watch the critter tv at the Rocky River Metroparks.

Oliver enjoys an exhibit that's at his eye level.

Ollie and Landon

Watching birds and squirrels at the feeders.

Prettiest parking lot!

Snowball fight before getting in the car.

Family Fun Day 2014

Party in the park

Joe and I took the boys to Debow Park tonight for an evening birthday party. Ollie loved crawling through the thick grass on the soccer fields.

Stephen and birthday boy Tre'Quevion play freeze tag. Joe got this awesome shot.

Joe called this shot "critter cam"

It was nice to meet some of Stephen's classmates and their parents. 

Tiebreaker Waterpark

Joe and Brenden took the older kids to our local Waterpark... They enjoyed themselves, as you can see.