Monday Puppy Giggles

I have the cutest puppy pictures for today! The lovely spring weather has the puppies romping around in the warm green grass with happiness.
Here are this week's pictures:

Nutmeg's puppies love soaking up the sun

It feels soooooo good!

Her puppies are just so sweet!

Birdie's Goldendoodle Puppies are really getting the hang of going outside

They have started to romp around and have the best time playing

Wanna play fetch??

"Nope! I want a nap!!!"

"Hey Everyone! I finally mastered the Downward Dog Yoga position!"

"Oh! Now THIS pillow is JUST right!!!"

"Ha Ha Ha!....... You call that singing!?!?!?"

HAPPY MONDAY! Owwwooooooo!

Who Doesn't Like Christmas in April?

Yesterday Mr. Yesteryear Acres and I finally got to use two of our Christmas presents!  It was like Christmas in April!  Mr. Yesteryear Acres surprised me on Christmas morning with a beautiful purple beach cruiser bike. It had a big bow on it, an adorable pink basket and a water bottle holder. I felt like a 5 year old on Christmas morning when I saw the big beautiful bike all for me.  It was the most thoughtful present and I loved feeling like a kid again.  I have been anxiously awaiting nicer weather so I could finally take my new bike out for a ride. Yesterday, Mother Nature smiled down upon me and I took that beautiful bike out for a spin.  It is so nice and has the smoothest ride ever.  I can't wait to go back out again! While I was out riding, Mr. Yesteryear Acres sent me a "Merry Christmas" message that made me smile from ear to ear.  I decided that Mr. Yesteryear Acres needed a Merry Christmas day as well so around 9:00 last night, I made a batch of homemade vanilla ice cream AND homemade cookie dough. Mr. Yesteryear Acres got an electric ice cream maker for Christmas.  It only makes 1.5 quarts of ice cream at a time - and well if you know anything about everyone here at Yesteryear Acres - you know that equals one serving! HA! Since we have been downsizing our portions, the 1.5 quart ice cream maker has been looking more appealing.  No ice to buy.  No rock salt to buy.  No mess to clean up.  I decided to break out the new ice cream maker and give it a whirl.  OH MY GOSH! It was AWESOME! From start to finish (including making the ice cream mixture) I had fresh homemade vanilla ice cream served in a bowl in less than 30 minutes!  While the ice cream was mixing, I had time to make chocolate chip cookie dough too!  I don't want to say that we are big ice cream eaters or anything but.....we had no leftovers!  It was SO good!  Who doesn't like Christmas in April!!!!  Ho Ho Ho!

Soooooo it's like Taxes right?

This morning I got up early and went straight to my "jail" and worked on taxes for hours and hours and hours.  My eyes got weary.  My mind started to wander. I felt the beautiful day CALLING me.  It said, COME OUT!  COME OUT INTO THE SUN!" So maybe I did this:

Which looks just like doing taxes right?

and then maybe after I got this far, I may have done this

See my cute pink basket?  AND water holder?

I mean - that just says, "Let's Go!"

AND then my son said that he wanted to go on a bike ride with me.

How could I refuse? I mean on one hand I have a dreary room filled with papers and numbers and more papers and more numbers. On the other hand I have a bike and a basket and a son that wants to go riding.  Such a torturous decision!

Guess which one won?

I rode 16.5 miles and had the best time!  I am now really really ready to do my taxes.  And I won't think about taking pictures of squirrels.  Or riding my bike. Or playing with the puppies......until tomorrow.  Cause I am pretty sure I will need a puppy break sometime during the day!  Puppies make taxes SO much better!

Distracted? Who Me??

OH THE TORTURE! OH the MOUNDS of papers! OH the endless numbers!  Is it possible to break your finger through repetitive use syndrome?  Like, let's say......hitting the keys of an adding machine, again and again and again. TAXES! How I hate thee! I locked myself in my little cubicle first thing this morning.  I have been there all day.  Well all day except for when I saw Blackie!  Blackie our squirrel is back!
See?

Isn't he so cute?

He obviously wants me to come outside 

Blackie says, "Taxes are Yucky!  COME OUTSIDE AND PLAY!"

and take time for a snack

and play some more

Then it is naptime in a nice shady spot!

Good ole Blackie! Now that I am downstairs,  I think I will make some fresh squeezed orange juice. And then maybe a snack!  And then maybe a nap.......

Hahahahaha! Like that would ever happen here at Yesteryear Acres! Okay maybe just the Orange Juice and then back up to my cubicle for more tax fun.  Sigh.  Keep on adding.  Keep on adding.  What do we do? We add. add. add.

I thought today was Thursday

I never thought I would say this but.....oh how I miss cleaning the house. Even though today IS Thursday and Thursdays ARE "Clean the House Thursday" today is something far more arduous.  Today is dreary.  Today is dreadful.  Today is....."DO YOUR TAXES THURSDAY!" Oh NO!  Not Taxes! I have put it off and put it off and now I can hear Uncle Sam knocking at my door.  There is no putting it off any longer. The mountain of paperwork must be tackled.  The pile of receipts must be organized. The stack of year-end statements must be accounted for.  Sigh.  I will be locked upstairs in the tiny little office surrounded by a million pieces of paper......FOREVER.  Well at least on Day One it feels like FOREVER.  I have so much to do.  It takes days to do all the Yesteryear Acres taxes. With any luck, I will climb out of my deep tax hole by Monday. I hope Mr. Yesteryear Acres likes leftovers.  It doesn't look promising for a deluxe homemade meal tonight....or tomorrow.......or the next day.  At least our leftovers are delicious!  Let the Tax Fun Begin!!!!!

Quota Made

Mr. Yesteryear Acres and I have pretty much met our Date quota for the year already! I mean we NEVER get to go out together.  We never go out to eat.  We never go out to the movies.  We are home all the time.  Thankfully we love being together and we love being home. Today we had yet another "date" day.  We spent most of the day at the hospital visiting Mr. Yesteryear Acres Mommy. It was so nice to spend the day with her.  Our older daughter made her an Easter video so we brought that with us.  Our daughter decided that even though she was alone, she was not going to miss Easter so she colored Easter Eggs all by herself.  When she was finished, she made a short movie for her Grandma so that she wouldn't feel left out of the Easter festivities.  Mr. Yesteryear Acres Mommy loved the video.  My daughter makes beautiful Easter Eggs. I miss decorating eggs with her so I loved the video too!
Here are some of this year's masterpieces:

This one made Mr. Yesteryear Acres Mommy laugh so hard

Awwwww  Sweet Easter Chicky!

A dozen eggs of happiness. Mrs. Yesteryear Acres Mommy loved the Easter Kitty egg the best.  She LOVES cats and kittens so my daughter made her one.  It even had a tail.  

This one was my favorite.  After the hospital, Mr Yesteryear Acres and I got to do returns at stores! Ooooh Ahhhhh!  Then we got to go doggie food shopping! WOW!  AND to top off our date day.......WAREHOUSE CLUB SHOPPING!

Man - our date days are just adding up!

We are so romantic!

Bubbles

(Dearest Daughter - do not worry....everything is OK!) Last year my younger daughter won a fish at school. That's right. One solitary fish.  She called us with the exciting news about her new pet fish.  She so desperately misses all the creatures at Yesteryear Acres while she is away at school.  My daughter has confessed to trying to make friends with the squirrels on the yard she is so completely alone without a beloved pet by her side. Winning the fish was major excitement.  Mr. Yesteryear Acres and my daughter named the new finned-family member, "Bubbles."  Bubbles is not the traditional goldfish one would typically win.  Bubbles is a Tiger Barb and against all odds - Bubbles is still alive.  Bubbles survived Fall Break. Bubbles survived Thanksgiving Break.  Even though Bubbles is a tropical fish, he swims around in his goldfish bowl day after day, just as happy as can be.  Whenever Bubbles sees Mr. Yesteryear Acres coming he swims to the top of the bowl anxiously awaiting his fish food. Each Thursday, I clean the fish bowl.  I give Bubbles new water and he thanks me.......except for last Thursday.  Last Thursday, Bubbles JUMPED out of the cup and into the sink! HORRORS! How do I tell my daughter that Bubbles wanted to go down the drain?!?!?!?  She has entrusted me to care for Bubbles while she is away in Europe this semester.  I immediately picked up Bubbles as quickly as I could, but Bubbles was totally NOT happy.  He kind of sort of floated/swam/sunk the rest of the day.  When I woke up the next morning, I expected to see Bubbles upside down. He was still hanging in there but Bubbles was definitely not his normal chipper self. He kind of floated with his tail end up. It was not looking good.  Mr. Yesteryear Acres decided that he would take over the care of Bubbles. Mr. Yesteryear Acres has changed Bubbles water almost every day this past week.  He has not let Bubbles JUMP out of the cup.  He has not let Bubbles go down the sink drain. He has talked to Bubbles and checked on Bubbles.  I am happy to say that Bubbles is no longer floating/sinking.  Bubbles is back to swimming! Mr. Yesteryear Acres is so happy.  I am so happy.  Bubbles is so happy.  When I checked on Bubbles today I heard him singing, "just keep swimming, just keep swimming, what do we do? We swim, swim swim." Good ole Bubbles!!!

A Little Bigger Every Day

Look how much the puppies have grown this week! They are SO BIG!

Our Goldendoodle Puppies are so big, they can make their own snowmen

Our Chocolate Doodle Puppies are so big they take up the whole Living Room!

And Our Double Doodle Puppies are so big they can reach all the way across the kitchen floor!

Hahahahahaha

APRIL FOOLS!  

HERE are this week's puppy pictures.........

Ariel's Double Doodle Puppies are big butterballs of love

They are awesome snuggle buddies!

Nutmeg's Chocolate Babies are Deliciously Adorable!

Chocolate AND.....

Caramel....

A Perfect Combination!

Birdie's Goldendoodle Babies are so sweet

They will snuggle in your lap all day

HAPPY APRIL 1st!

and

Happy Monday!

Happy Easter

Happy Easter!!!!!!!  I hope everyone is having a lovely family-filled Easter full of love and happiness.  This is our very FIRST Easter with NO EASTER CANDY! ACK!  How will we live?  How will we survive?  Traditionally our Easter Baskets are overflowing with candy goodness.  The Easter bunny brings very delicious chocolate candy.  The Easter Bunny brings very delicious Jelly Beans.  The Easter Bunny brings very delicious English Toffee and Turtles and Jelly Rabbits and Chocolate Bunny Lollipops and chocolate eggs and more chocolate eggs and even more chocolate eggs. It is a cornucopia of Easter Candy goodness!  OH how I LOVE Easter Candy!  Mr. Yesteryear Acres loves Easter Candy.  The kids love Easter Candy.  This year, the Easter Bunny is bringing us healthy things.  The Easter Bunny is bringing us fresh valencia oranges.  I REALLY love fresh squeezed orange juice so I am very thankful for Mr. Healthy Easter Bunny.  The Easter Bunny is also bringing the little step counting device that I wear to Mr. Yesteryear Acres and to my son and to my older daughter so that we can all have friendly battles of the daily step total.  Mr. Healthy Easter Bunny cares about our physical fitness and our health - so Mr. Healthy Easter Bunny is saving all the Easter Candy for other very lucky families.  Oh wise Easter Bunny - I will think of you with love every morning when I drink my fresh squeezed orange juice.  I am sure I won't even think about the chocolate lollipops.  Or the chocolate eggs.  Or the Jelly Rabbits.  Nope.  Not. At. All. 

We Miss You!

Sadly tomorrow will be the first Easter that Mr. Yesteryear Acres Mommy will miss.  She is still in the hospital and still is not doing too well.  It has been almost 3 weeks with no liquids and no food and her intestinal tract is still no better.  She will have to have major surgery next week and we all hope that this will finally get her feeling better.  I know she just wants to come home and have a real cup of coffee (probably in her very favorite pajamas!) and eat some real food and sleep in her own very comfy bed.  I just can't wait for that day too!  We all miss her and we have all been so worried about her.  I think we will need to take videos of the traditional Easter egg hunt for her and take that to the hospital.  Perhaps we can arrange a virtual Easter celebration for her.  She LOVES the Easter egg hunt and I know she will be so sad to miss it.  I will have to figure out a way to bring Easter to her. Every day I wake up and think,  I hope today will be the day she feels better.   I just hope the surgery goes well and she is back on the road to better health soon.  Life is too sad without her smiling face!!!!  FEEL BETTER SOON! 

Puppy Visits

As much as I love having puppy lovers at our home, meeting their new puppies for the first time or picking up their new furry babies, I can't say I love it when people just drop by without making an appointment. I know puppies are totally irresistible.  That is why I spend my days raising our sweet puppies.  I love them.  I know other people love them too. BUT - I also love staying in my pajamas until after I have had my morning coffee.  I also love eating breakfast in my pajamas and answering my morning emails in my pajamas.  One of the best things about raising puppies is that you CAN stay in your pajamas!  I don't have to get dressed first thing in the morning.  My puppies love me with the same happiness and eagerness whether I am in my PJs or whether I am fully dressed.  They have no fashion sense.  I love my pajamas and if perhaps you decide to come to my house at 9:00 in the morning just because you want to play with our puppies.......there is a very good chance that I will be IN my pajamas with no intention of having company at that moment.  Please don't be offended by my lack of enthusiasm.  We have a strict visitation policy here.  First - we are not a pet shop with an open door policy. We are also not a petting zoo. I know we have awesome doodle doggies and puppies and horses and a big garden but Yesteryear Acres is our home and we live here and do family things and sometimes our house isn't vacuumed and ready for company first thing in the morning.  And sometimes......we wear pajamas and have coffee in the morning which is one of my favorite things. We do ask that you make an appointment to see our puppies.  In addition, we don't do any puppy visits until the puppies are old enough to have company.  The puppies  have to be mature enough to be up and romping around and the puppies have to be mature enough to be happy to be separated from their mommies.  When puppies are really little, they don't want to leave their mommy.  The mommy doggie doesn't really want you to pet her babies either.  Once the puppies are on solid food - the mommy dog is glad to let you have a turn playing with her babies and that is a great time to visit. If the puppies are all spoken for by the time they are old enough for company, the only visitors allowed are the new puppy families.  We really don't have time to honor every request for visits.  I receive at least 20 requests every week from people asking to just come out and play with the puppies at our house. Can you imagine getting ready for company every single day?  I have had families stop by on Easter Sunday or ask if they can come on Thanksgiving Day. I have people stay for hours when I am trying to get my daughter ready for her first Prom or right when I am in the middle of making dinner or processing tomatoes from the garden. I receive visit requests every day. It takes some of the joy out of PAJAMA time and family time. We just can't do that and still have time to care for our sweet furry babies.  I am sorry for all those who feel disappointed by our visitation policy, but it makes life here at Yesteryear Acres much nicer for us AND for our doodle doggies AND for our puppies.  I know that I am much happier.  I can walk around at 9:00amsipping my coffee, wearing my soft comfy pajamas and not have to worry about the doorbell ringing with company waiting.  My puppies are happier.  They get to stay safe and happy and healthy. The puppies aren't introduced to viruses and they aren't stressed by having strangers hold them before they have entered their social period of growth.  The mommy doggies are happier because they don't have to worry about the safety of their puppies and they just get to relax with their tails wagging taking care of their sweet babies.  The other doggies are happier too.  They don't have to be on alert for YOU HAVE COMPANY YOU HAVE COMPANY YOU HAVE COMPANY!  The visitation policy really is what is best for everyone here at Yesteryear Acres - both two-legged and four.  Happy people equal happy puppies equal happy new puppy families!

Weaknesses

I have a few serious weaknesses in life. Weaknesses in which I have no willpower and must totally succumb to the awesome power that lies before me.  What is so powerful? What is so magnificent and overwhelming that I am left with no resolve whatsoever? Cookies. Yes Cookies call to me so loudly that I can never leave one behind.  Wait make that -  Cookies and Chocolate.  How could I ever resist a delicious chocolate morsel? Wait - I forgot one - make that - Cookies and Chocolate and Ice Cream.  There.  That is my complete list.  I love ice cream.  We make homemade ice cream all the time here at Yesteryear Acres.  Who can say no to a homemade batch of Coffee Toffee Brickle or Maraschino Cherry Chocolate Chunk?  I mean really - that is one powerful calling!!!!  I can't think of anything else.......except ......maybe ONE more thing.....Cookies and Chocolate and Ice Cream and Potato Chips. Yes. I TOTALLY love chips.  You know the saying, "Betcha can't eat just one"? They are right!  Who eats just one chip and leaves their chip friends behind all alone in the bag? It just isn't nice to abandon a helpless bag of chips. Today - I was given a bag of  chips.  GIVEN.  I did the only heroic selfless thing I could think of...... I ate them.  Every last one.  Oh my. The only thing I can think of now is NOT how bad I feel for eating a bag of unhealthy chips. The only thing I can think of now is NOT how carrots are a much better choice.  The only thing I can think of now is....you know what really finishes off a nice bag of salty chips? CHOCOLATE! Well I did say I was powerless!!!

Gotta Keep Walking!

I may have mentioned once or twice that I have a slight competitive streak. Well my sister is really pushing me into the land of unreasonableness.  We both have this device that measures our daily steps and although our goal for each day is 10,000 steps, we are surpassing that goal by the thousands.  She can see my steps online and I can see hers and every time one of us gets close to the other, it is a full out walk-a-thon.  The other night at 9:45pm, I realized how close she was to beating me for the day.  Could I let this happen? NO WAY! What was I to do?  She was ahead by almost 2,000 steps!  It was DARK outside.  It was NIGHT TIME. Did this stop me?  Of course not.  I sweet talked Mr. Yesteryear Acres into taking a night time hike with me.  I am rather afraid of the dark and I just can't go out walking by myself at night.  I have poor night vision and honestly - every noise makes me jump. I just don't like being in the dark at all.  Mr. Yesteryear Acres knows this about me so of course he offered to go with me.  It was a nice walk and was the best part.......being with Mr. Yesteryear Acres? Ummmmmmmmmm. Nope.  The best part was I WON FOR THE DAY!  YES!  My sister is out for revenge.  She is going to WALK all the way to town and then she is going to go out DANCING for the night.  Oh no!!!!  I better start walking!

Better Every Day

I just wanted to thank everyone that has been so kind as to check on my son's recovery since his head injury.  Thankfully he is much better.  He is back to joking and laughing and cracking me up on a daily basis.  He started running again and is doing really well.  I think our long walks together might be coming to an end.  The other day we walked 5 miles together and I looked like this:

GASP GASP GASP WATER!!!

My son looked like this:

Have we started walking yet?

He literally looked as if he were walking at a snail's pace.  He didn't even break a sweat.  He was just leisurely strolling along while I was walking/trotting/running to keep up with him. He has the longest stride and I felt as if I would never catch him.  Of course my pathetic attempt to keep up with him, just cracked him up.  That's when I knew he was better.  It was once again safe to make fun of good ole mom!  Ahhhh how I missed that!!!! It is nice to see that big smile on his face every day.  His headaches are all but gone and his neck is getting better every day. Now we can all focus on getting Mr. Yesteryear Acres Mommy feeling better.  She still is in the hospital and I just cannot wait until she is healthy and happily back at home where she belongs.  

Mr. Yesteryear Acres Takes the Lead

Poor Mr. Yesteryear Acres. Looks like he wanted to outdo me in the who can break a bone department and is now in the lead.  Granted this is not a game I would advise other people play but here at Yesteryear Acres - it is just the way it goes.  When you live on a farm and you spend your days working outside......things happen. I knew we were in trouble when Mr. Yesteryear Acres said grab some paper towels and the first aid kit.  That is never a good sign.  Sure enough, his glove was filled with blood and it looks like he broke his first finger in several places. Luckily, I am quick with first aid repair and I had his finger bandaged in no time. I think we just may have the most impressive first aid kit anywhere.  Whatever the ailment, we have it covered! Finger splint - check! Butterfly strips - check! Gauze, bandages, and wrap - check, check and check!  I made sure to pick out a lovely sky blue color bandage for Mr. Yesteryear Acres.  I wanted to be sure he looked awesome in his new fancy splint.  I have to make sure he is up-to-date with all the newest fashionable colors for spring!  Feel better Mr. Yesteryear Acres.  

Mr. Groundhog?

Lately I have seen some pretty funny pictures with Good Ole Mr. Groundhog wearing a sign that says, "I lied".  I have to say - HE DID!  What in the world is with this winter weather? My visions of SPRING are of spring flowers.  When I think of March, I have the idealistic picture of kids flying kites in a nice warm breeze with blue skies up above and a bright happy shining sun.  I do not imagine my March to be filled with blizzard type conditions,  frigid temperatures and parkas!  Guess I will have to work on a new definition of "Spring" because so far - this Spring looks remarkably like WINTER.  In fact I have not seen any discernible differences between our March weather and our December weather.  I have winter boots on. I have winter gloves on.  I have a winter parka on.  My doodle doggies look at me like, "AGAIN WITH THE SNOW?"  I have to agree.  How many more times this "Spring" shall I use the car scraper to find my poor snow-covered car? How many more times this "Spring" will Mr. Yesteryear Acres have to shovel the walk? I know, I know, in the midst of August it will be dreadfully hot and I will think back on this cold day with fond memories but for now.......WHERE ARE YOU SPRING?

Weekend Puppy Picture Smiles

I won't be able to do my weekly Monday Puppy Picture update this coming Monday, so I took all new pictures of the puppies today for Weekend Puppy Picture Smiles! The puppies all looked so cute this morning, I couldn't resist getting the camera out and taking some new adorable photos.

Nutmeg's Chocolate Girls are just so sweet!

Nutmeg's Red Caramel Boy - his coloring is amazing!

Snuggly Goodness of Chocolate and Caramel Delight

Ariel's new Double Doodle babies are big butterballs! 

Mr. "Pillow" Doodle is as big as Birdie's 2 week old babies.

Birdie's Goldendoodle puppies are so soft.  

You can't help but to pet them all day long.

They are pretty good at giving sweet puppy kisses!

Happy Weekend!

Now that's what I call hiking

My son and I have been walking together almost every day after school.  He loves to take the dogs with us and we have been putting in some serious miles. We are up to taking 3 doodle dogs at once and they are doing really great walking in the big group.  We usually go to the Arboretum and walk there.  I love the Arboretum because there are several trails and no matter what the weather, you can find a nice trail to walk on.  When it is really muddy, we walk the auto tour road and never get wet. Awesome! Well today, it was so busy here, we really didn't have time to go to the Arboretum. I was sad to miss our walk and my son suggested we walk at home.  Yesteryear Acres backs up to another farm which has over 100 acres and we have permission to walk there any time we would like so between our acreage and theirs, we have some nice walking trails.  We decided we would go all the way up to the top of the hill and hike for about 45 minutes. UGH. My son LOVED it!  The Doodle Doggies LOVED it! Me.......not so much.  It was really muddy and it was the kind of mud that tries to suck the shoes right off of your feet.  Did this bother my son? Noooooo. Did this bother the doodle doggies? Noooooo. Did this bother me? YES!  My shoes kept getting heavier and heavier.  I kept slipping and sliding. I was thinking, "Dear ankles....please don't break!"  Meanwhile my son had the biggest smile on his face. "OH BOY! MUD! MUD AND DOODLE DOGGIE FUN!" The doodle doggies had the biggest smiles on their faces.  "OH BOY!  NO LEASH!  WE CAN RUN RUN RUN EVERYWHERE and SPLASH MUD!"  I did make it the entire walk.  Of course my shoes will never be the same but my son said that was the BEST WALK EVER so I guess it was a success.  Time for a major bath for me........and the doodle doggies!

Date - Yesteryear Acres Style

Oh my.  Today, Mr. Yesteryear Acres and I had a DATE day.............well WE called it a date day but some might strongly disagree to the term "date". First we left the house early this morning to take two puppies to the airport! OOOH  AHHHH!  Romantic Yes!? We left with plenty of time to spare but then got stuck in traffic due to a bad accident and I pretty much panicked the rest of the drive to the airport.  My biggest fear was that we would cause the person waiting for us to miss his flight.  Luckily we made it and puppy number one was happily on its way to warm sunny Arizona! Then Mr. Yesteryear Acres and I waited 90 minutes for the second puppy family's flight to arrive. I have to say - it actually felt like a date.  We had 90 uninterrupted minutes to play with our puppy and talk and catch up on everything.  Even though we see each other every day - we are usually so busy that all we have time to talk about is puppy things and doodle doggie things.  I told Mr. Yesteryear Acres about my snowy driving adventures and we planned out what we needed to get done during the month of April.  It was time well spent. Puppy number two finally got to meet her new owner and it was definitely love at first sight. I love that! After we left the airport we got a new watch battery for Mr. Yesteryear Acres' watch AND then we got my phone replaced because my bluetooth had a permanent failure. Man - do we know how to do Date Day or what!?! After our fun errands we both went to the hospital and spent the day with Mr. Yesteryear Acres Mommy.  She still isn't better. I wish she would start improving! I did manage to get a smile on her face. Both my daughters made videos for their grandma hoping that would help her feel better.  She got to see both videos and that put a big smile on her face.  I took a video of her and of Mr. Yesteryear Acres Dad and sent that back to my girls.  I think that helped make the distance seem not so insurmountable. It was a virtual visit and a much needed virtual hug. Visiting Mr. Yesteryear Acres Mommy together was the perfect end to our date day. Who knows what the next date day will bring.....grocery shopping? Dog food shopping? Diesel Fuel fill-up? Oh the possibilities are endless!

Mid-Week Puppy Smiles

Well it isn't exactly Monday - but Wednesday is pretty close right?!?! As much as I wanted to have Puppy Picture Monday - somehow being trapped by the snowstorm made the puppy picture update pretty much impossible. Never fear though! First thing this morning, I got out my trusty camera and the puppy picture-a-thon began! Look how adorable our doodle babies are!

Nutmeg's Red Caramel Baby

And her sweet Chocolate Babies

They are the sweetest little chocolate bundles of love

Birdie's Goldendoodle Puppies are just starting to open their eyes

They are getting their first glimpse of their sweet mommy

So snuggly!

AND Our Double Doodle Babies are finally here!!!!

We have 5 new Double Doodle puppies to love!

I say today is one happy Spring Day of Puppy Doodle Cuteness!

Happy First Day of Spring!