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!





Saturday, June 11, 2016

Besties!


Is there a look alike contest I can enter them in?
They were sending each other selfies...



The other morning Alli and her crew met us at Francis Park for a morning of rollerskating and park-playing!  These girls LOOOOOOVEEEE each other!!





Ice Cream Break




Later that week Alli and I went out for her birthday!  SO nice to get out and share a lot of wine and a lot of laughs!!!



Monday, June 6, 2016

Summer Fun

Chrissy from Three's Company.... I mean Annabelle....myself, Adam and Piper hit up the park earlier in the week!  We enjoyed a treat at the coffee shop then ran into some school friends!  We love Francis Park!





Silly Girls




Pipes enjoying her post-potty-sucker!

Definitely not a constant use of the potty but I'll take as many as I can get!



Just two pictures to remind me of the super fun late night dinner and wine Adam and I had after the kids were both asleep.... Some moments are just so lovely!




Adorable Annabelle 





Bowling with friends on a rainy day!



Adam had a surprise Monday off and we opted to be out of the house from dawn til dusk as a new roof goes on.  Holy Moly is that LOUD!  We started the day at a toddler art class for Piper...Annabelle did more art then the toddlers, went to City Garden for splashing fun, had lunch in the shade, then headed to the History Museum and out to Pi for dinner!  It was a bang up day...but has us rethinking the All Star Break trip to Chicago....I'm sure it would be great fun but missing the whole "break" aspect....


Fun with the Green Screen:











Dinner at Pi








A few days ago Alli, Layla and Lydia came over to play and swim.  I thought I had a picture of Piper and Lydia on the bikes together but think I saved the wrong one...bummer because she it a CUTIE!!





Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Summer Has Started!

Summer means Annabelle and Layla are back together!

Fun in the pool



Big girls have dinner al fresco
Littles are inside



Memorail Day dessert plates...

we are not the crafty crew!!


Sisters!



Ha!
She wants to do EVERYTHING her sister does...goggles...why not!





Snack Break







Awaiting Adam's Return.... Passing time with art projects!



School friend playdate at the park!


Saturday, May 28, 2016

I am ON IT...

So we have really taken on summer break in full swing with the camera clicking.... holy bananas....

First day of summer Saturday Pancakes






I wish this picture was better....while I was cooking Annabelle and Peyton were on Piper duty in the basement.... As she was a starfish on the ground, they gave her a thorough check-up.
She is SO happy when the big girls pay attention to her.  She does WHATEVER they say....!


Post-Breakfast driveway play







And what is in that baby's hand??? A sucker... for reals... and why you ask?!?

Because this adorable, non-speaking, crazy climbing, fearless, silly baby went #2 in the potty today.  She loves one of Annabelle's old Sesame Street potty training books and we read it daily.  For a few weeks she's been going in the bathroom wanting to take her diaper off, etc... but she was always VERY upset about the little seat that goes on the toilet so she doesn't fall in.  I honestly give no effort toward her actually using the potty bc she's still a baby...right??!!  Well,  I should have known better that the girl likes a dangerous challenge...she really lives on the edge....the edge of falling in the toilet.... Regardless.... today, she went in the bathroom, tried to disrobe, then wanted to climb on up, sans toddler seat.  Through bizarro commands...because remember she DOES NOT SPEAK...she climbed on, sat for a few minutes while Annabelle and I joked about her using the potty and then...ta da....Diddle Diddle Dotty, Piper's using the Potty... (a line from the Sesame Street Book).

The little girl did it.  So she got a sucker.
Weird!
20 months old, says Mommy, Daddy, MINE, ish (fish), hsss (horse), Baee (Bailey)
And uses the potty.



The whole family celebrated!

Then later this evening we had a graduation party to attend.  I am wiped from constantly cooking and cleaning, and cooking and cleaning, and cooking and cleaning and cooking and cleaning....so I left the house saying "they will eat there, I'm not packing anything, they will be fine."  Annabelle was fine and ate like a champ.  For dinner tonight Piper had a Capri Sun (gasp) one bite of white bread (ick), one baked bean (yay), a cupcake (eeeek) and half a cookie (oh dear).  Pretty sure Annabelle almost fainted watching this go down!  I think there was a mash up of disbelief, jealousy and general confusion!  Silly second babies... SMH (shaking my head)!