Livy at the library....

Livy and I have been having a great time promoting the reading dog program. We are busy at school and are waiting to hear from another school with the possibility of bringing the program there. But, today, we were invited to the library for the preschool reading program, needless to say, Livy is alway happy to be with kids

She loves all ages, and seems to know just how to approach them....

I think she knows when she is the star.... she sat so quietly and was really paying attending when we were introduced and I was talking with the kids about "reading with Livy"... 

Of course, this age group doesn't read just yet, so we read the story to them. The librarian had found a few books on dogs, and one in particular was on working dogs. It told about service dogs and therapy dogs, so when we got to the therapy dog page, I set Livy us to look like this

Love teaching her this trick, the kids just laughed and laughed thinking Livy was truly enjoying the book herself.

They went onto crafts.. making a paper dog puppet, Livy was so curious and stood at the table watching all the going ons.... 

This little chap loves dinosaurs and could tell me so much about them. He has a favorite book that he has memorized and so he asked if Livy might be interested in hearing about dinosaurs ... of course, I told him... Livy likes to listen!!!

She sat with him for a while .. while he "read"... but this is exactly where good reading skills begin.... encouraging them to know the books, and then someone who will sit and listen....

And Livy doesn't care if she hears the same thing over and over again!!!!

We are really enjoying this venue and I feel so honored to all be a part of it. It's a great way to give to my community and be able to be with my little dog as well.....really need to get those books written about Livy!!!

November swoops in.....

And here we go again, another month sneaks up on us, and the busy days are vastly closing in. The clocks will change back soon and the nights will be longer but the house is cozy and warm. Coming in from chores, I saw this view of my home, and felt so blessed that this is where I "get to live"......

I had company this first day of November, Kass and the grands came for a day at the farm. I love the fact that they love to come.... and always try to think of things for them to do. Reagan likes the 4 wheeler, and wanted to take it for a ride out threw the pasture. 

Calvin is getting heavy and I thought I would save his Mom's back and we pulled out the little wagon. He seemed to be quite happy with his mode of transportation...

And off we went, following the driving path. Sadly.. the four wheeler did not co operate as well as hoped. It's battery died part way threw the drive... (we need a new battery).. though Reagan has informed me that  a gas four wheeler would be much better.... I can see where this is going to lead to. At any rate, he had to hope off and walk the rest of the path... and we went out with the gator afterwards and towed it back....

Ol Charlie  had a good time exploring ...

The horses were very curious at this parade that was passing by their pasture... Tonka in particular...

I guess Reagan thought that his brother's transportation wasn't so bad after all and he hopped in ...

We stopped at the barn to say hi to the animals, and then Reagan thought I could use a little help with some of the chores... he swept the whole ally way for me and did a pretty fine job of it...

He's still not interested in getting on a real horse, but this one does fine for now....

And this is Millie... she's a doggie that comes for day care, so i just wanted to put her photo in as well. She would have liked to join us on the walk, I guess I should have brought her.  

but, such a nice day to spend with the grands... and such a pretty day to be out, for these won't be around too much longer... the winter winds will soon be here, and staying fireside will be much better...