"Lazy Made" Sourdough Savior

 Hi! It's me again... Blogging about sourdough! I have an awesome Yesteryear Acres FURever family member pen pal! I adore her and all her awesome baking ideas!!! I cannot wait for one of our upcoming puppies to be in her home and be so loved and surrounded by homemade baked goodness! I look forward to our baking chats with sooo much happiness. She sent me a method for making "lazy sourdough" and I was baffled!! With all her epic notes and tips/tricks from trying it herself plus my starter, I was finally ready to take the leap of faith and disregard everything I knew to be tried and true in the art of making sourdough bread and make "lazy" bread. 

So at 2:30am I started the bread process. I weighed out my starter

Added water, flour, and just the right amount of salt

Gave it a rough mix until incorporated 

And put it inside an oiled ziplock bag. AND WENT TO BED

I left it untouched on the counter top...

No stretch and folds every 30 minutes for four rounds

No babying

NOTHING

Just okay... goodnight then hopeful bread

For about 15(ish) hours it just did it's own thing in the bag

When it looked poofy enough, I poured the dough out, gave it a quick shaping and tossed it into the fridge for another 12 hours

After the cold proof, I scored the bread and put it in the oven to bake

The GASP of wonderment that left my body when I pulled the lid off for the rest of the bake time...

PURE MAGIC! Look at that beauteous loaf!

WHY is it so perfect when I practically neglected it in comparison to the other loaves I have made?!?! 

Sorcery! 

AND I LOVE IT!

This entire loaf of bread was gone by the end of dinner.

Lazy sourdough has just saved our family from bread starvation!! I found out that my SISTER BOUGHT sourdough bread the other day because I have been too busy to bake bread. 

THE AUDACITY!

Never again!!! The Lazy Sourdough method is a HUGE success!

Thank you Sourdough Buddy!!!

You have saved us all!

Always,

Amelia

Somebody's Watching Me Caturday

 Do you ever feel like someone may be watching you?

Happy Caturday!

Would you like a kiss

Are you upside down or am I?

I always feel like.......

Somebody's watching me

Happy Caturday from our little peepers!

Furry Support Team

Sometimes when I yell the 39837459438530-th time that it is story time and time for bed and NO child of mine can be found listening... I just look over and see my furry support creatures and give a little sigh and release my tension.

"I heard you. Does that mean I can pick tonight's book?"

"OOOOH let it be Silly Lullaby again! I love that one!"

And after chasing down my monkeys once again and wrangling them into the rocking chair for story time

I find myself quite quickly surrounded by 

A lot of furry family members willingly inserting themselves into the story time lap

And I think to myself...

How can I better translate my furry family member training into my tiny human 'training'

HAHAHA

Thank you furry support team for always being ready for snuggles and stories!

And here's to hoping that Hazel and Thatcher puppies learn this skill soon!!

Always,

Amelia 

Princess Pedicure

 Hazel has been asking and asking and asking me if I could paint her toes. She reallllly wants princess sparkle toes that look like Anna and Elsa magic.

With that tall order and one snoozing smaller toddler, it was time to bring the magic.

After digging through my old nail polish, Hazel decided on a dark blue, a purple-y blue, light pink, and vibrant purple pink AND most importantly sparkles that go on top

She did an incredible job holding still while I painted her fancy princess toes

"Look mommy my feet aren't moving but my arms are!"

BUUUT because we are 3, I put the hair dryer on cool mode and helped dry those cute toddler toes a little faster

"Mommy!!! I LOVE THEM! Just like Elsa and Anna! I can't wait to show Thatcher when he wakes up!!! Thank you Mama!!!"

And she went on and on and on the rest of the day about her wonderful happy princess feet.

10/10 recommend the Princess Pedicure for toddlers everywhere <3

Always,

Amelia 

Thyme for a Break

 Georgie girl sent us a hilariously punny PUPdate! 

She told us all about her work week...

Georgie and her humans decorated their Thyme patch with the cutest mindful froggy

Finding the PAWfect placement was such RUFF work

Every angle must be examined

WOOF. Doggone Tired!

THYME for a break!

HAHA! Thank you Georgie for the punny PUPdate!

Keep them coming!

Always,

Amelia

Camp ABC

 Earlier this summer Hazel was invited to her very first sleepover! Now she 'technically' already had a sleepover when I had to go to the hospital to deliver Thatcher, but this sleepover was for pure cousin time fun. When Colton had his Dad (my brother) ask Hazel's Mom (me) if she could come over for a sleep over... I saw their faces just staring at us in pure hope... I could do nothing but say yes. Now this event was ONLY hard on me. As I missed Hazel every second of her departure. BUT MAN did she have the very best day ever ever ever.

I received the most adorable tiny human "pupdates" as Hazel thoroughly enjoyed her time at Camp ABC (Austin, Bri, Colton & Caleb). 

'Letters' Sent Home from Camp ABC -  aka Texts from the worlds best Brother and Sister in Law

First thing on the agenda... Frolicking through the forest

The very best of friends <3 

Time for fishing lessons from Colton

He is the expert fisherman of course!

Go Hazel go!!

When you are in a non-vegetarian household and all your dinner dreams come true HA!

"MOMMY I AM HAVING STEAK!!!"

After dinner racing

Fun together until the last ray of the sun

Night night Cheyenne 

Once last activity before bed... Fireflies!

And they both slept and slept and slept <3 

The first of many wonderful cousin best friend sleepovers and play days to come.

I told Austin and Bri that Hazel gets to do like maybe ONE fun thing like that in the week and the rest of the time she helps me with the puppies and the kitties etc. (which she loves and requests to do, I obviously do NOT force my 3 year old into the family business!) Now that they shoved a whole months worth of amazing fun into one day, she's never going to want to come home!!! 

Oh Camp ABC.... Hazel is calling!

Always,

Amelia

Tiffy and the Furry Bunch

 Tiffy's FURever family sent us another PUPdate on life with three Yesteryear Acres Doodles!

Tiffy is as playful as ever and loves to wrestle with his furry sister SophieBelle.

Oh my wonderful Humans, thank you for my beautiful hairstyle!

Wouldn't it be a shame if I just wrestled it right off with my youngest brother!?!

AHHH shenanigans fulfilled!

Let's all sleep like Teddy Bear!

Hahaha! The PAWfect amount of cutie chaos!

Thank you for the PUPdates!

Always,

Amelia

FOUR Years Young

 We celebrated Colton's Fourth birthday this weekend in the most Colton way possible! My nephew is the funniest hardworking authentic kid ever. Hazel and Colton are the BEST of friends and I cannot imagine a time our family did not have this awesome kid in it. In True Colton fashion we had a party at Grandma and Grandpa's pond where he requested to catch his own fish and fix it for dinner. I mean WHAT else does a four year old boy want to do for his FOURocious Dinos and Diggers birthday party?!?

Four years young!

With the coolest party theme ever!

Caution! Birthday boy alert!

Bri even found the coolest coloring page tablecloths! I think this is the longest any of our kids have sat still at the table- and YES we will be implementing this new genius idea on a regular basis. 

Ready to catch his supper!

Colton is an expert fisherman already in his young years.

Time to fix up his catch of the day with Grandpa!

Grandpa and Colton: Outdoor Chef Extraordinaires! 

Colton can do so many more things now that he is 4!

And when the storms rolled in, we rolled Colton's party right on over to GGs house!

Time for dessert!

Caution, Dino Dig Zone Ahead!

To one amazing kid

Happy Birthday Buddy!

May your wishes always come true!

We love you Colton!

Always,

Auntie Mimi

(Amelia)