Ollie's Birthday & and homemade dog cake~

 On April 10th a little tiny Morkie was born into this world and I had no idea on that day somewhere he was squirming his way around some tiny litter of puppies. He is the light of my life, and I truly do believe he was sent to me as a calming presence. My friend Colleen pointed it out once, she said Ollie is like a "therapy" dog for me. You know what? I had no idea that is what he was, but she's right. That little boy is by my side every waking hour of the day. When I get upset, frustrated, sad or angry he pops his little head somewhere into my personal space and I realize I am upsetting him. So then I calm myself. I don't like to see him upset or worried, so I immediately calm down. His presence in my life is like something I have never had before. It is probably not a healthy relationship. I do rely on him, I don't like being away from him (although I do) and his happiness makes me happy. All of my dogs do...but Ollie has a bond with me. I love that yittle boy~

 

Here is the recipe and instructions to his birthday cake:



 

Ingredients:
1 1/2 c. whole wheat flour
1/2 T. baking powder
1 ripe banana, smushed
1/4 c. unsweetened applesauce
1 T. maple syrup
1 cups water

1/2 c. organic natural peanut butter for icing~

 

 

 

 So i'm not going to explain the stages here, you can tell by my photo's how I made them. So easy to follow the directions. I made one big cupcake for Ollie's birthday cake and then I made a bunch of tiny ones for the rest of the pups. It was a wonderful birthday for a special boy~

 

 

 

 

 

 

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350*. Grease a cupcake tin with coconut oil.  This recipe makes 6 pupcakes.
In a small bowl, combine the flour and baking powder.  Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, cream the applesauce, banana, and syrup.  While the mixer is running, alternate adding the water and flour mixture.  Do this until everything is combined.

 

 

 



 

 Here is Ollie's finished cupcake, then I just needed to add the icing!

 

 

 

There is a few of the tiny ones. I added little dinosaur sprinkles cause Ollie is a little boy and loves boy things lol

Here he is trying to get a glimpse and taste of his cake.

Some of Ollie's guests Included Parker pictured above and Mac below. How cute are these two boys!

Finn is the best present opener ever...she dives in there and opens all the presents! She loves birthday parties!

 

Parker got Ollie the biggest cookie ever...he was in heaven!!

 

Check out the size of this cookie.

 

Ollie gave out some treat bags to his guests. I made homemade dog cookies and chicken jerky for the pups to take home.

I cannot believe Ollie is 6 years old.

 

Here he is in all his glory. Its all about him!!

You can say having a birthday "party" for your pet is crazy. I did a post about this topic awhile back. But let me remind you.
Through the years, we have missed one to many parties, functions, get togethers, play dates and holidays due to illness, hospitalizations or tests and appointments. When you spend a lot of time during your childhood attending appointments and missing fun times...you quickly learn that "celebrating" is a state of mind. Its up too you to turn any excuse possible into a family dinner featuring a birthday cake with funny hats. Celebrating our dogs birthdays started with Harley. Again, we had missed friends birthdays due too illness. So as a mother, I grasped at whatever I could to give my kids a celebration to make them smile. To this day, we still celebrate the dogs birthdays. Not so much for the same reason..lol..now I',m a crazy dog lady who literally loves her dogs as much as her own kids. Technically I don't care what you think of my "celebrations". I have my whole family together, we are singing, laughing, eating cake and happy with life in that moment. Who wouldn't want that?!
Well my lovelies, until next time good night and god bless~