Henry and the Turtle

 We got a HILARIOUS PUPdate from Henry Bennett! Things with sweet Henry are going so well and he had another great vet trip and is allllmost 25lbs of pure Tail-Wagging Devotion. Henry is so excited to start puppy kindergarten and his big sister Julie and he are even closer than before! Henry and Julie are playing more than ever and Julie is loving showing her little brother all her favorite things. Like her favorite walking park!

Two best buddies sharing a PAWfect afternoon

And here young Henry, is the lovely park turtles. I always like to say hello

UMMM THE WHAT!??!?!

JULIE!! ARE WE SURE WE LIKE TURTLES!?!?!

AHHH safe and sound in my turtle free bed!

HAHAH oh Henry!!! Thank you for the giggles!

Your PUPdates brighten our days!

Always,

Amelia

Dragon's Love Tacos: Happy Birthday Mrs. Yesteryear Acres!

Happy Birthday to the one and only Mrs. Yesteryear Acres!!!

Today we get to celebrate all things my Mom loves...

Fresh garden salsa

Perfect party size for soup bowl sized portions!

ALL the colors of the wind

And dragons

Put that all together and what do you get?

A Dragons Love Tacos party!!!

Complete with the trifecta of desserts: homemade mini chocolate chip cookie dough, homemade vanilla ice cream, and chocolate cake (boxed as requested) topped with special dragon fire candles of course!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Thank you for everything you do, and teaching us to ALWAYS be true to ourselves

We love you so very much

And your tastes in desserts

Here is to many many more <3

Happy birthday to the woman who lives and loves as ferociously as a dragon, with all the colors of the wind wrapped up in the grace of a peacock, and the uniqueness of a phoenix. The way you love and care for all those around you makes us (human and furry alike!) the luckiest around. 

Happy Birthday Mom!!

Always,

Amelia

FURever Caturday

Sheba's kittens are SO excited to adventure off to their FURever homes!!! Each kitten thinks their PAWrents are just PURRfect can cannot wait to show them what Yesteryear Acres PURRfect Devotion is all about!!

Are they here yet??? 

I am ready for snuggles!

Oh I think I hear something!!!

YESS! It's FUR me!!! Gotta go, FURever awaits!

Safe travels sweet kittens<3

And if you are worried the Caturday cuteness has come to an end...

Don't fret!! 

Taboo's mini midnight panthers are ready to take on the Caturday mantle!

Caturday spotlight here we come!

It's my time to shine MEOW

Ready to toddle and pounce their way right into your hearts <3

What a PURRfect Caturday all the way around indeed!!

Always,

Amelia

Rain Rain Go AWAYYYY

 It's raining its pouring... Seriously it's POURING down rain here and it will not stop. The amount of times I have tried to convince the dogs to go out and go potty.. And then followed them around inside until the pawprints are no longer everywhere... I would like to submit AGAIN my claim with Mother Nature for this to stop. I would like to say first and foremost, thank you for stopping the landscaping portion of the weather week and leaving our trees alone. I guess I should have specified more and asked for the INSANE weather events to stop all together. SO with that in mind, can you please stop flooding everything?? And I do mean EVERYTHING. Basement? I think you mean our indoor splash pad. 

Driveway/Front Yard? NOO you mean our new water feature! 

It's a pond AND a raging river! 

Garage? OH you mean the holding place for rainwater! We got it all! 

SHEETS upon sheets of rain keep falling from the sky. I think all the plants are good now! No one is parched! We can move onto sunny weather next if you wouldn't mind. Partly cloudy? I'll even take "gee it LOOKS like rain" without the rainfall. Not asking for too much I don't think. 

Our rain gauges are overflowing!

Rain Rain GO AWAY!!!

Stay dry out there!

And always remember, if you see a flooded road, turn around and don't drown! Seriously the flooding out here is DEEP!

Always,

Amelia

Happy Birthday Blossom!

 Today is Blossom's 15th Birthday!!!

15 years young and as tail-wagging devoted as ever

From faithful doggie ready to follow you everywhere

To relaxing on the deck and enjoying the summer breeze

Our sweet Blossom is always there and ready FUR love <3

Happy Birthday to YOU sweet puppy!

We love you Blossom Possum Puppy Paws!

Always,

Amelia

Chef du Jour

 The Yesteryear Acres garden is cranking out the biggest best zucchini ever!! They are so good my Dad has to battle the deer nightly to keep them away from our tasty crops! One of the bucks was going to charge my Dad over the zucchinis until Hickory came to save the day (his chuck it ball hahahah) and started running towards the garden. 

With having to pick so many Zucchinis at once in order to make it into our own tummies, we have been making ALL different kinds of zucchini recipes! 

And here to help with this tasty task... 

Our resident Zucchini Expert Chef du Jour... Thatcher!

Time to get baking! 

Thatcher says it Zucchini bread day!

Expert mixing assistance

Applesauce quality control

A tough job, but someone's gotta do it

Last Mix Dance Party!

Into the oven

Now the hard part... Waiting!

DING! Ahhh the perfect Mini muffin

and Mama loaf!

With zucchini to spare for "Caterpillar Dinner" (roasted Zucchini night!)

Bon Appetite! 

With a happy tummy,

Chef du Jour Thatcher

Always,

Amelia

<3

Bedtime Buddies

With our bedtime routine somehow getting longer and longer, the Havanese have decided to join in on the fun of trying to get two monkey toddler butts to bed

Our night goes a little like this...

Alright! It's time to go upstairs and get ready for bed!

No one listens to me but the dogs

"I am always ready for cuddles in bed"

~See youngest toddler crawling into chewy box in background~

AT LEAST 10 minutes of "NAKEY KIIIIDS" running up and down the hallway with INTENSE giggling and tippy tap of Havanese paws following the padding of running toddler toes... I finally wrangle said toddler toes into the tub for a good scrubbing

Toes must be checked by our supervisors of course 

Toes pass inspection- WHEW

Then I STRUGGLE to get "CLEAN NAKEY KIIIIDS" back into garments and into their respective rooms. Thatcher goes down first, darkness, bottle, and books I have memorized at least 12 times over by now and then to sleep. *PLEASE NOTE- All doggie collars must come off at this stage! DO NOT make the mistake of one doggie tag jingle or Thatcher WILL sit right back up and start giggling. This bout of giggles will end in tears...

Once Thatcher is asleep, I get to turn my full attention to Hazel which consists of 6752348763248923 questions of WHY she could have asked all day, getting in and out of bed to do XYZ all by herself all while Kipper is my portable therapy heating pad and awaits for story time part 2 to begin

"HAZEL BEAAAA. Kipper is ready for his story! Do you want to read it to him or shall I?"

Thankfully 'Kipper' is just SO tired that Mama should read the book and 'he' needs tucked into bed before we start. 

MMMHMMM 'Kipper' is exhausted and falls to sleep 3 seconds after Mommy closes the door.

Finally we get downstairs NO SOONER than an hour and 20 minutes later and I get hit with this...

STREEEETCH

Aaaaahhh. Sooo when are we going to bed?? 

Always,

Amelia

P.S. Thank goodness for a lap full of happy Havanese!