About The Cookies

We started with the cookies when Sunshine was a baby.  We are not really treat feeders and probably would never have started with the sheep treats unless we'd had to.  Now we have to keep treats on hand all the time because we are scared to run out they have us well trained.

Tilly was happy to demonstrate to the new kids what cookies were all about.  You can see that Baaxter was an early convert.  Actually, he got started on "cookies" in the house.  He loves baked corn chips.  I can't even remember how that got started.  Then it became Cheerios.  Don't try sneaking a bowl of cereal while he's around. I wish I'd gotten a picture of him standing up on the cabinet door stealing Cheerios from my bowl.  Tim's still trying to forget it ;-).

• The cookie of choice tends to be vanilla wafers.  Preferably not low fat and now Dr. Barron brings regular wafers because she's scared they have her well trained.  

• On days that vanilla wafers aren't the cookie of choice, you should offer graham crackers

• For the days that the sheep want salty treats rather than sweet, you need to keep butter crackers on hand (again because "they have us well trained").  

• Sometime saltines are best (and probably the healthiest of the choices, but I'm not sure that that isn't just relative ;-).

A few more important cookie feeding facts:

• If one sheep touches a cookie, no other sheep will eat it.  Well, except Graham.  He'll eat anything.

• Stale is better - leave the box open.

• Lila will act like she has zero personality until the cookies show up.  Then she begs like Weaslie.  

• Maisie does not like cookies.  She might eat a graham cracker.  She will always eat Cheerios.  From the box.  

I'm sure there are more "rules" and I'll add to this list as I think of them.  For now, signing off from the land of "living the dream" where it's incredibly hot and humid and the sheep have us, um, well trained.