December Darlings!

VERY SERIOUS about dressing herself!

Baby doll...!

First gymnastics class after two years!

SHE LOVVVVEEED IT!

(in the black two piece outfit)

A short video of her first time on the beam!

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Dinner with my girls at California Pizza Kitchen!

Winter cutie!

Gammie and Pop-Pop sent winter gifts!

Adorable dress that she LOVES to wear!

Sister tea party....!

First Christmas Carol!

Annabelle playing the First Noel click Here

Holiday Cheer!

Gammie and Pop-Pop came to town for Thanksgiving and the day after we went out searching for a Christmas tree!  The kids covered a lot of ground and found a great one!  Only one picture of proof that grandparents visited....I've really gotten lazy with the camera!

Piper can find a friend anywhere...this time a bear she WOULDN'T STOP hugging!

Decorating the tree!

Over the weekend Annabelle decided to make her and Layla's elfs' sleeping bags!

They came out adorable!

Cookies and Crafts with Santa at school!

Annabelle mustered up every OUNCE of courage!  She talked to Santa for the both of them!  I KNOW he was impressed with her courage!!!

Since we got a real tree, we didn't want the fake one to go to waste...two trees!  Yay!

Annabelle was home sick on Thursday so we decorated Gingerbread Houses!  SO FUN!

Piper on a lazy morning leaving for Lydia's...in PJ's!

Saturday Morning Sleepover Pancakes with Peyton!

Piper loves being one of the big kids!  And they are SO SWEET to her too!

She really reallllllly wants to be her sister!

Since Annabelle basically travels in cartwheels these days...little Piper tries her hardest to get it down...!

She's pretty close!!!

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Stylin' and Profilin'

She's got some swagger...that Piper James...!

Well...sometimes.... 

From Chic to Not-So, very quickly!

Wheelbarrow!

She's a fan of the last drop of coffee!

Magic House Fun today!

Post Nap-Attempt Walk

And Miss Annabelle has been practicing for her first ever Piano Recital!

For starting this Spring, I think she sounds FABULOUS!!!

SONG 1 CLICK HERE

SONG 2 CLICK HERE

A Little Piper For Your Day!

I just can't believe how big she is getting....!  Where did that sweet little doll-baby go?  We currently are living with a monkey...a very messy...very emotional...very silly....very dangerous...very monkey-like monkey!

Here she is playing Vet with Bailey!

Or Baiieeeee as she screams at him!

Yesterday we took a trip to the Science Center in the AM.  She had a blast!

Screaming at the chickens to come to her...

surprise...they didn't.

So in the whole Nature Vs. Nurture argument...I'm going to say nature has A LOT to do with it.

Two kids, same parents, same groceries in the house same meals on the table....

To this DAY Annabelle will NOT eat anything that touches.  All salads are completely seperated and veggies in their assigned piles....

Here's Piper digging into a chopped salad w/ tuna mixed in....

She'll be real popular at pre-school lunch.... doesn't like sandwiches, but she'll bathe in soup or tuna in any form!

Civic Duty!

First Presidential Election

One you can't vote for and one you really don't want to vote for...

Gooooo America.....

Soooo many pictures...soooo far behind....soooo happily busy....

7th Birthday Sweet and Sassy Party

 on the runway....

Dance Party

Cake!

We totally could have foregone the party and just had dinner with the Broses... The girls had SO MUCH FUN!

Adam's Birthday!

Soooo much cookie cake all month...!

She wants to be her sister!

Piper's new friend she picked up at Target

and INSISTED he be buckled in next to her.

Trunk or Treat!

The Parisian Cat!

Annabelle worked SO hard to sew her cape, and although you can't tell in the picture, it came out impeccable!!

Piper the self-proclaimed "Book"

Spook...

Our trunk or treat set up.... Can't get the beach out of us!!

Divvying up the good the next morning!

Annual Olsen Halloween Party!

Ballet Halloween

Pumpkin picking with Peyton!

Adam and I spent a night out at the haunted houses...!

So much fun!

Impromptu Dinner after the highway was closed!

Sculpture park fun this weekend!

Getting ready for the BIG NIGHT.... TRICK OR TREATING..!

Piper LOVEDDDDDD IT

And of course, we met up with Peyton!

Halloween Party

Alli, Jeff, Adam and I were "The Shining"

it was HYSTERICAL!!!!

Jeff was Shelly Duvall.  

Good Times!