Baby Casper And Zombie Fun

We are having a fun time with Daddy's iPhone. It can turn me into a baby. If you look closely you can see where I am missing a tooth.

It can even turn Mommie and Daddy into zombies.

And it can make my nose big and Mommie's chin super long.

Casper The Baker

Today we are baking doggie cookies! We are making Peanut Butter and Pumpkin cookies. Hana made these for me before and they were so yummy. We saw the recipe on Facebook recently so Mommie thought it might be a good idea for me to bake my own cookies so that I would know that the beast in the kitchen called Oven is my friend and that I should not be afraid of it. I have all my ingredients ready. Since I cannot reach the kitchen counter, Mommie let me sit on a high chair.

There is going to be a secret ingredient that will make my cookies a bit different, Eskie fur. Teehee! For sure there will be some in the cookies since I am making them. I hope my friends won't mind since I am sharing these cookies with them. I wonder if they will be able to smell me on the cookies. Heehee!

Here are the cookie cutters I will be using. A bone, a heart, a fire hydrant, a paw and a dog house.

First we start with the pumpkin, then we mix in flour, eggs, peanut butter, salt and cinammon.

Then we roll out the dough using this rolling pin. Mommie held me in place so I could use my paws to hold onto the rolling pin coz I kept slipping off my chair.

I hope I am doing this right.

After we finished rolling out the dough, we cut out the shapes. What fun!

Here they are ready for baking!

Mommie turned on the Oven and I tried to stay in the kitchen and be brave. But when the mouth opened, I ran upstairs to the bedroom and asked Daddy to keep me company up there until the danger passed. So Mommie put the cookies in to bake without my help. After some time, Mommie called out that the cookies were ready. Oh boy! I ran downstairs eager to see how they turned out.

The whole place smelled so good. And look! The cookies turned out great!

So now we get to the best part. The Oven has been put to sleep and I get to taste the cookies.

Yummmmm!!!! Fresh baked doggie cookies. They are sooooo good! We were hoping to make many batches to give away to all my doggie pals but Mommie said we would hold off baking for a while since I got so scared and stressed because of the Oven. So we were only able to make enough to send to some doggies. I will try to be braver next time.

Here is the recipe:

Peanut Butter and Pumpkin Dog Treats

Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 40 Minutes
Ready In: 1 Hour 40 Minutes
Yields: 25 servings

INGREDIENTS:
2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
2 eggs
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
2 tablespoons peanut butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Whisk together the flour, eggs, pumpkin, peanut butter, salt, and cinnamon in a bowl. Add water as needed to help make the dough workable, but the dough should be dry and stiff. Roll the dough into a 1/2-inch-thick roll. Cut into 1/2-inch pieces.
3. Bake in preheated oven until hard, about 40 minutes.

Grooming Session

While waiting for Grandma's plane to arrive, Mommie decided it was time for a grooming session. That way I will look my best when I pick Grandma up from the airport. My nails and feetfur were getting a bit long. Mommie uses a nailclipper and battery operated dremel to cut and file my nails. She never needed to do this before I got sick. She thinks the medication I am on makes my nails and fur grow faster. Now we have to do this every couple of weeks or else my feet look like the grinch's.

Daddy said I looked so relaxed having my nails done coz I was on my back with my eyes closed while Mommie worked away at my paws with the dremel buzzing away. What he did not know was that Mommie promised me a carrot as a reward for being so behaved while she groomed me. So I had my eyes closed and was thinking of my carrot the whole time. Teehee!

After that, I had a great car ride to the airport. And today, although Mommie and Daddy are at work, I have Grandma to keep me company all day long.

Gotta Keep Everyone Warm

The heater at our house is broken. And just as the weather is getting colder, too. What awful timing. So I am now in charge of keeping Mommie and Daddy warm. Grandma is returning this weekend. I'm not sure how I am gonna be able to keep all 3 of them warm. They hope to get someone to fix the heater soon. For me, I much prefer it this way coz I like the cold and I like to snuggle. It's hard for me to snuggle when it is hot.

I am doing such a good job that I got a special treat. Daddy went out for a bagel run and got me my very own mini bagel. It is so yummy!

Halloween Pumpkin

Happy Halloween everybody! This year I am a big fat juicy pumpkin.

Heehee! I feel so silly in this getup.

And I got another nifty bandana from Candy and her family.

Painting Supervisor

Mommie and Daddy decided to paint the walls in the living room. It used to be blue and now it is a light pumpkin color. Just in time for fall. The room looks Thanksgivingy. Teehee! I supervised the painting mostly from my spot on the sofa. Sometimes I would check and sniff the materials but Mommie said not to get too close or I would get paint on my fur. They were joking that it would be impossible for them to finish the project without me getting some paint on me for sure because I was being nosey about everything that was going on. But isn't that what supervisors do? Anyway, I was pretty careful about avoiding the paint. But when I had to go out to potty, I came back in to ask for my reward treat and forgot all about the paint. So I jumped up and down and ran to my treat box. I stepped on a wet paint brush and so my feet were all pumpkin colored. And I left pumpkin pawprints on the carpet. Oops! Good thing the paint is water based so they just had to rinse my feet and legs at the sink.

Patio Potty

Mommie made me a potty station on the patio. She got tired of scrubbing the patio floor everytime it began to stink because of my pee. The new potty is just the right size for me. It is made out of those drain pans used for the water heater. Mommie drilled some holes under it and attached a pipe so that all the pee goes down the drain and into the gutter. Then she put some rubber mulch in there. I was scared to use it at first but after a few days, I got used to it. It is round so I get to do my ceremonial circling before I go potty. I have to pee girl-style though to aim for the mulch. They all like it coz it does not stink even if I pee many times. And they can just throw a pail of water to rinse it since it drains by itself. It is easy to pick up poop too coz of the mulch. You can click on the picture to make it bigger.

Beast In The Kitchen

A few months ago a beast made our kitchen it's home. It is big and black with four burning discs on top of its head and a mouth so big I could fit in it. Even the mouth has fire in it. They call it the Oven. I get so scared whenever it wakes up. It makes high pitched beeping noises and humming sounds when it awakens from its slumber. I always start to pant and run upstairs to the bedroom when I hear it. But for some reason, nobody else follows me. I go back downstairs and they are all there. They are not aware of the danger so I have to go back up and down the stairs to show them that we should all escape to the rooms.

Today, once more the beast made its scary noises. I ran upstairs but Grandma insisted on staying close to it. I saw her open the mouth and peek inside. Oh my! I panicked and kept pawing her back to pull her away from the mouth. She was confused and kept asking why I was acting this way. She did not understand I was trying to save her from the beast. She thought I wanted to go out to pee so she opened the terrace door. I ran out and hid in my doghouse until the beast went back to sleep.

FurCousins!

They wanted to take Grandma to see San Diego so on the way there, we went to visit my furcousins. I've met them once before and was so excited to be able to have a chance to see them again. First up, we stopped by Frank and Stella's. They are so cute and love to play. Here we are at their place. Their Daddy threw tennis balls for us to chase so we could have a picture together. Coz otherwise it was mayhem trying to get us all in the same picture.

Isn't Stella cute? She loves to play. She will even put the ball in her Daddy's hand so he can throw it. It is good we got some pictures of her coz usually when she sees the camera, she hides behind a chair in the corner of the room.

Uncle and Auntie took us out to an outdoor shopping area. Frank and Stella had to stay home coz they usually bark and do not do so well outside the house. Poor Stella cannot even ride the car coz she gets so scared, she gets sick. Anyway, I got to meet some Abercrombie models. They stay in front of the store and take pictures with people. After the guy put me down, his chest was full of Eskie fur. Hahaha! They wanted to keep me with them but of course I did not want to stay. I got lots of pats at the mall so it was lots of fun even though it was super hot.

But the best part was they took me to a doggie bakery and got me 6 doggie goodies to take home with me. I was in doggie heaven. Yummmmmm!!! Thanks so much. I loved the cakes and cookies.

After that, we went to eat at a Thai restaurant. They had nice benches to sit on and more important, an umbrella so I could be under the shade.

The next day, it was off to another furcousin, Migo!

He showed me how to use his doggie door to get to the backyard. At first they thought I would not fit. But since I am all fur, it was not problem for me to fit. Once outside though, I could not find the door to get back in. I did not see that it was behind the barbeque grill.

Migo and I had lots of fun running around and playing tug-of-war with his piggie toy.








And I shared some of my doggie cakes with him.


The next day, we were off to San Diego. We stopped by La Jolla to see the ocean and there were lots of seals there sunbathing and swimming.


We saw this squirrel hiding.

And lots of birds.

Then we had lunch at a mexican place. They had really good fish tacos. Wish I could taste them. But I do love it when they go for mexican coz they always give me a chip. Even if I am not with them, they will bring home a chip for me. Yummm!

The next stop was Balboa Park. It is so pretty here.


And they have huge fish!


I even spotted a turtle.

They had a botanical garden where I saw this pineapple flower plant.

It was super hot so Mommie let me walk in this long walkway with very shallow water. The water felt so nice on my paws. Lots of kids also got in to wet their feet.

Next stop was Coronado Island where we went to the Coronado Hotel.

Then we had dinner at a nice seafood place near the docks.

The next day, we drove home. On the way, Mommie wanted to go get some snacks at a fastfood place but I just did not want to leave the car. I usually want to go everywhere but I was just too exhausted. I refused to budge and just showed them I wanted to sleep. So Grandma stayed with me in the car while Mommie and Daddy got food and they all ate in the car. I never knew I would ever want to stay in the car instead of exploring but I was just so tired. Mommie said it was probably coz I have been out 3 days in a row plus I spent all morning running around with Migo. Ah but it was worth it. Who knows when I will get a chance to play with my furcousins again.