My Busy Social Calendar

 Dear Mom,

Happy Birthday! I think I am late and I am sorry. Lynn keeps my social calendar SO BUSY that I forgot. I keep telling her to give me some time to nap and go eat bunny cocoa puffs, but for some reason she doesn't. (Lynn here, and Pepper, you can nap all you want but bunny cocoa puffs are gross and off the menu. Permanently!)

We do always make time for our daily frisbee game. That is, we did until Lynn threw it in the lake. (Photo of green frisbee floating off shore.)

I went running after it like always but then a gust of wind caught it, lifted it, and dropped it in the water about ten feet off the bank. Naturally I streaked across the ground after it and...

Can you believe that Lynn stopped me? She would not let me jump into the water and get my frisbee. First of all, it's MY frisbee and I want it back. And second, I am a labrador RETRIEVER and am supposed to RETRIEVE things! But she said something about not wanting to have to give me a bath and that the lake was absolutely off limits to me. (Sheesh! First no bunny cocoa puffs and now no swimming!)

Luckily, Craig (who REALLY loves me) went down to the lake and got my frisbee, washed it, and gave it back to me later that afternoon. (Have I ever told you how much I love Craig, Mom?)

Anyway, back to my social calendar. Guess what? I have been going into schools and reading with kids!

Photo of Pepper lying on a yellow carpet surrounded by 4th graders who are petting her. She has a big smile on her face as do they.

I visited that school by myself. (The teacher is Lisa, Nash and Molly's mom and Lynn and Craig's daughter.)

Then I went with Nacho and Tate to another school where we read with second graders. The kids had written puppy poems that they wanted to read to us. (Picture of Pepper sitting on the carpet looking at a girl as she reads a book.)

Can you tell why I really liked this girl on the left? She's wearing kitty ears! It reminded me of you, dad, and our kitties! (Close up photo of Pepper with two girls, one wearing a headband with cat ears and the other with her arm around Pepper's shoulders. All three have big smiles.)

Many of the poems began with "Puppy, Puppy" and I loved it when the kids changed those words to "Pepper, Pepper." (Picture of Pepper smiling big and looking right at the camera with two girls next to her.)

The school was so happy that Nacho, Tate, and I came and read with them that we made the news! Millions of people have now read about our visit. Lynn is going to help me start making some pawtographs to hand out when we are in public because I am now famous. (Pepper, I am doing no such thing. Besides, that would take up your valuable nap time. You sure you want to do that?)

I just know you'd like to read the news article so Lynn said she'd post it here.

Well, I must scoot. Nash and Molly are here to play today, and Lynn says I need to get out from under her feet be polite and go play with them. I send wags and wiggles to you all!

xoxo

Puppy Puppy Pepper Pepper