Welcome to All Things Annabelle & Pipsqueak

Annabelle Frances Olsen

Born September 30, 2009 at 1:01 pm

She weighed 6lbs 8oz

She measured 20.5" long



Piper James Olsen

Born September 15, 2014

She weighed somewhere in the 6's

She measured just right..... second babies...oops!





Friday, February 26, 2016

I love things like this...!



Look at these peanuts!

Annabelle is a few months older in this photo than Piper...but how sweeeeeeeet.







Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Seriously Silly and Proud!

So, since we do not receive a daily newspaper in FL, Annabelle has been missing her daily dose of comics.  Most people laugh at them....read them to unwind......just to have a laugh.  Not our little girl..... she dissects them....
Gammie and Pop-Pop have started donating their funnies to Annabelle and on the way to school she was ALL BUSINESS reading those funnies.  Lighten up.....eh??




On the polar opposite end of the scale we have Piper an hour later...
Eating sand
With a shovel
Cackling
Oh you silly, silly baby!




And now for the proud....
After school we went to the post office to pick up...dun dun dun dahhhhhh....Adam's published, official and amazing textbook!  He got top billing on his chapter and we could not be more proud of how hard he works, how talented he is, and how unbelievably dedicated he was to writing this because every minute, every second, every thought about that book was DIFFICULT!  But, once again the Amazing Adam persevered...and BAM.....he's published again!


Annabelle learning about the elbow on the drive home.
Pretty sure she knows more than most right now!



And as true lovers of celebrations the girls and I threw him a surprise party!  
Tacos
Cards
Wine
Cookies

Pretty perfect for a man getting up at 4:15am each day for the next 6 weeks!




His Chapter:


The Book...in case you wanted some fun beach reading:/

And...if this doesn't prove the whole apple and tree saying....

Asking Adam tonight how he felt about having the book finally finished and published his response was:

"I'll never read it.  Things like this make me feel embarrassed and I just want to pretend it never happened."

I looked at him with a puzzled look and Annabelle said,

"I know Daddy.  I'd feel the same way".

Huh.

Thursday, February 18, 2016

A Whole Lot of Love!

Today was the first official day of spring training....Adam crept out of the house long before sunrise...big day for him...first real day as acting Head Trainer!  We are looking forward to a hopefully great, healthy and winning season!!


Here's a look back at the last two weeks


Post-Dinner Rocking at Chowder Heads



A Valentine's Day Love!




HAPPY BIRTHDAY GAMMIE!
We had a lovely b-day celebration complete with party blowers, a pinata and a fantastically fun game of Pictionary.... Who knew Annabelle was a dark horse in the game... SHE GUESSED EVERYTHING!



Pipes came down with a fever the other day....the best medicine...an AM walk on the beach of course!




Annabelle dressed Piper in one of her dresses....


Piper was BEYOND excited!



One seriously sweet six year old




Does it get better than V-Day donuts from cupid?


Also, I have no pictures because I wouldn't take my eyes off of her...but yesterday Annabelle was a boogie boarding champ...WHO KNEW?  The waves were pretty giant and the ocean was rough...she just kept diving in to ride the waves...she got wrecked a few times...like legs flailing underwater somersaults, sand EVERYWHERE and she would just get right back up and head in!  Onlookers were even stopping to say "wow, she's brave..."  

We are looking into Spring Break Surf Camp for her. 

Friday, February 5, 2016

Sunshine is the best medicine!

On January 14th we made our annual escape to Florida! 
 The girls and I boarded the plane and haven't looked back since!


The LONG flight to warmer weather!



Day 1-
Annabelle turned 16 and grew legs....



One of the joys of being down here for a few months is Family Time!
Playing with cousins at the park!



Getting ready for bed together!



Piper soaking in the sights and smells!


Sweet Annabelle


She has mastered the TA-DA!


Sister Hugs



A beautiful Saturday Morning
One thing we know, Annabelle can not rundown a seagull...though she tries...







shhhhhh
don't tell anyone this is what Piper and I do while Adam works and Annabelle is in school
our secret