Fur Baby Fall Treat

Hey!

You know me and how I treat Audrey like my child.

With that said....

This Thanksgiving don't forget about your Fur Babies! You should make them an extra special Fall Treat.

Yep... Time to get all of those cookie cutters out and start making some treats! 

My little fur brother, Buddy, and Audrey get spoiled when I do some baking!

Now, Apples are great for your Fur babies!

Apples are a great source of Vitamin C, Fiber, Potassium , calcium and phosphorus which are all good for your dog!

They are a great sweet treat that are good for their teeth as well!

Only thing that is not good are the apple seeds because they contain cyanide and that's a no no for the pups.

Pumpkin is also a great added treat for your Fur babies. It helps give the extra fiber.

Helps with constipation.

Good for weight loss.

Oils found in pumpkin seeds and flesh are believed to support urinary health.

Also read that it will help make their coat have an extra shine.

These are a of Audrey's favorites... Funny how she won't eat a cut up apple but in the treats she goes nuts for them! They smell Delicious!

Pumpkin and Apple Dog Treats

 Ingredients

2 1/3 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 cup finely diced apple

1/2 cup pumpkin

1 egg

1/2 cup water

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.

2. Whisk together flour and baking powder until no lumps remain. Add diced apple, pumpkin, egg, and water and stir until the dry ingredients are moistened.

3. Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface and use cookie cutters to cut out shapes. Transfer  the cut outs to the parchment- lined backing sheet.

4. Bake about 30 mins or until crisp. Cool completely on a wire rack before sharing with your Fur Baby!

Now the cooling period.... you might wanna go for a walk.... if your Fur baby is anything like Audrey... they will stay in the kitchen... give you dirty looks and whine... until that cool down period is over!

Just warning you... 

Also,  if you have never baked treat for your fur baby...If you fur baby is anything like Audrey.... be aware that for a short period of time after... every time you baked something in the oven as soon as the timer for the oven goes off... they may go a little crazy thinking it is for them...

Let me know if you make these goodies for your Fur Babies! 

<3 Ashley

Crayon melting on the pumpkin

Hello!!!! Good Morning!!! I feel a little awkward talking about Fall activities when it is going to be 87 degrees here today!  

I have some pretty cool news..... well to me....Wow.... this is exciting.......

 I have been getting emails asking all the details on Melting the crayons on the pumpkin! 

I shared this with everyone from my weekend with my niece..... Here

Well here you go! 

This is step by step on what we did!

Got all my things needed for the project:

-Pumpkin

-Glue

-Crayons

- White Spray Paint

-Hairdryer

-Tablecloth

And PATIENCE!!  

Actually took way longer then I expected! 

I painted the Pumpkin waiting for my niece to arrive and let it dry while we went to the mall. 

Now that we have a white pumpkin, I let my niece pick out the colors and we worked together on gluing them to the top of the pumpkin.

Then with the hair dryer start melting the crayons!
  

Here's how it turned out!

I'm quite proud! 

What's a fun Fall Activity that you have done or do every year? Share!!

<3 Ashley

Aunt Status = Best Status

My Oh My! That was such an eventful weekend! Our niece planned a whole weekend for us! Audrey was even included in the plans! 

-Pie face-
-Headbandz-

-Crayon Pumpkin-

-Movies-

-Pigs in a blanket-

-Walking Audrey around the outdoor mall-

-Pumpkin Patch-

-Sleeping in the floor on the coolest bed ever!- 

She had planned that she would be dropped off and her and I would take Audrey to the mall to walk around and get her a special cookie!  Then she would spend the night with us!

The girl is a home body and doesn't spend the night many places... so hearing that she wanted to stay with us... I was for sure up for the challenge and going to make sure she had the best time ever!

Which she had spent the night with one of the grandmas the night before! 

I think bets were made on how long she was going to really stay! 

Shocking to all she stayed the entire night and she never once asked about her Grandma ( My mother in law) that she lives with! 

BAM! BEST AUNT EVER!!!

How did I do it you ask?

Well we took Audrey to the mall and walked around for about an hour, she  got a ghost cookie to enjoy. 

On our way home, we went through the drive thru of her favorite places. Got some lunch cause my girl was "starving!" 

We ate our lunch and then had to run out the store and grab some stuff for our activity had planned plus we needed dinner and breakfast stuff.

Once we got home and put all the groceries away, We were ready for our next activity which was melting crayons on a pumpkin!

Totally took longer then expected but my girl was all about it! Wondering which color would "win the race" she was saying.... Of course being able to run around the yard with Audrey was a plus too!

It got dark on us so we went in and played Headbandz... Not fully to the rules... but it was fun and she totally was guessing crazy things? Like wait a minute are you listening to the clues at all?

Like the best one she had..... Swing... I said, " You have on in your Back yard in the grass
She asked, " do I make noise?"
I said, " Yes sometimes you squeak!"

Her reply, " Poop!" 

-_-

Really?!

Kids....

After that, We made our dinner Pigs in a blanket and tater tots!

Then it was PJ time and making our sleeping spot!

My plan was to sleep in the living room on our air mattress because she wanted Audrey to sleep with us... YAY!

Well, The box for the Air Mattress was in the closet... but NO AIR MATTRESS!!!

Still don't know where that is!

So I grabbed every blanket we had on the house that wasn't on the bed in my bed room and laid them on the floor! Which she proceeded to tell me was the best bed  EVER! My back the next morning didn't agree.... ugh I'm old now!

Now that everything was ready we had one more exciting thing to do and that was to play the PIE GAME! 

Talk about nerves! Making the game click was such a scary thing! Who was going to wear the whip cream?!

Which once she took her turn and it hit her I thought she was going to be done with the game but no she wanted me to wear the whip cream haha 

We played enough for her and I both to get hit with the whip cream twice!

We wiped off our faces really good and washed off the game then we got all tucked in. 

2 movies later she was fast asleep and I drifted off to the snoring of her and Audrey!

Audrey woke her and I up at 9 the next morning and Kris fixed us breakfast before we went to the pumpkin patch with her friend and Grandma ( My mother in law) 

I'm super sleepy today and hope I will make it through work as I have yawned typing this post!

As rough as I feel today, I wouldn't change it for the world because her staying with me was so much fun and I am so proud of myself that I was able to keep her entertained and no tears occurred except from the laughter we had all day and night! 

I love that girl!

Hope yall have an AWESOME day! Hope yall enjoyed this post!

<3 Ashley