Fall Treats

It's Fall!  I love fall.  I love the smells, the colors, the weather, and especially the food...pumpkin!  I think Jenny agrees so we are going to make these yummy Pumpkin Fall Treats.

"Smells good in here." 

"Sniff, sniff, sniff...yep, I smell treats!" 



First we have to mix all the wet ingredients.

Then mix in the dry ingredients until a dough forms.

Roll out the dough to 1/2 inch thick and cut into shapes.

I think I'll do hearts and bones.

"I do love bones!"

Place on a lined cookie sheet and bake for 40 minutes.

"I knew I'd have to wait."

Jenny, your fall collar goes nice with the color of your fur.

"I'm trying to concentrate here." 

"This seems to be taking forever...can't you speed it up?" 

"I'm getting tired.  Are they done yet?" 

They're done, but they are cooling.  Do you like the picture I made?

"I would like it better if it was in my mouth!" 

Here you go, you can have a piece of one.

"Why just a piece?" 

"Slurp! That was very tasty."

"I need another piece, however, I would prefer a whole one." 

Here is the recipe:

2 1/2 cups of whole wheat flour

1 cup pumpkin

2 Tablespoons peanut butter

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

2 eggs

Mix all ingredients together.  Roll out dough 1/2 inch thick and cut into shapes.  Place on a lined cookie sheet.  Bake in a 350 degree oven for 40 minutes.  Let cool and serve.  Store in an airtight container.

The couch

When we lived at our old house, Jenny was always allowed to sleep on the couch.  It was her bed.

She loved being on her little blankie on the couch. 



Since we moved to our new house and got new couches we decided to buy Jenny a really nice L.L. Bean bed and not allow her on the couches anymore.  She wasn't too keen on this idea, but she got used to it.  Although, at night when we go to bed we can hear her toenails click down the hardwood floor hallway to our bedroom to make sure we are in bed, then we hear the clickity clack back down the hallway to the living room and then a thud as she jumps on the couch.  She always seems to be back in bed by morning...or when she hears us get up, we hear her jump down and get in bed as if she had been there the whole night.  Sometimes she leaves a blankie on the couch that she had put up there in the night or sometimes she doesn't hear us and gets caught!

"OOPS!" 



Jenny's paper bowl

 Jenny was really sick over the summer.  We found out she had fluid around her heart and in her lungs.  While she was sick I had to take a paper bowl to her in bed so she would drink chicken broth and water.  Well, ever since she refuses to drink out of anything besides a paper bowl.  Maybe she thinks it makes her feel better?

So as you can see...the paper bowl is inside her regular bowl so she will drink her water.  She's silly.