My good friend Sarah took this and sent it after Bair's birthday party. It seemed Liza decided to have a little hot dog with her ketchup!
I was so pleased to answer the phone the night of Bair's party and hear the voice of Betty Bair Bryan on the other end. She and daughter, Sue, were coming through Grinnell and asked if they could take us to dinner Monday night. Dinner in a restaurant can be challenging with sweet Liza B so we invited them to our house instead and they were so gracious about having re-purposed left-overs! We had fun visiting with each other and Liza was doing her best to be the center of attention. After Betty and Sue left we looked at one another and asked almost simultaneously had Liza acted that silly and outgoing before? No matter who was talking Liza wanted to talk over them so we worked that night on waiting until the adults were finished talking before interrupting -- wouldn't say she got it down pat but progress is being made.
Oh yeah...we are also working on keeping fingers out of her mouth!
In the due diligence category of parenting we signed Liza up for a week of Red Cross swimming lessons. It probably would have been a wise idea to thoroughly read the class information because we thought she would be taught to swim but instead the class was about getting familiar and comfortable with the water. Liza had that down pat already with her swimming time in Florida and South Carolina but she had fun in class anyway.
Day one lesson one I was ready to go with the camera and Bair was the parent in the water with her. That was the only day we made it to lessons with the camera so here's a brief swimming lesson recap.
Enjoying the "island" and figuring out if she's brave enough to get off of it.
This splashing around business certainly is a lot of fun. Maybe I'll do more of it in the bath tub at home.
The instructor told the parent a task to work on and then came around to see how the child was doing. Bair would get Liza to do it, she'd do it right away and she really didn't feel she needed to practice. The instructor made her way from child to child to see each one perform the task. When she got to Liza, Liza told her she already did it and didn't need to do it again. Lots of discussion about practice making you better ensued. After several rounds of this Liza realized that she should just wait until the instructor came around, give it her all then, so she could go back to splashing or picking up rings underwater more quickly.
Blowing bubbles and kicking at the same time!
This week at Rita's Liza showed signs of being interested in the potty so we are starting to venture into the world of potty training...stay tuned.
2 comments:
She's so adorable! They are growing so fast...hard to believe they are becoming so independant! I hope all is well!
My Mom used to say that all of that when company came was called "showing off." I think I remember something like that from you, Meg. It is much loved anyway by the company. She is such a smart and cute girl in the pool. I don't blame her for not wanting to do it again for the instructor when it was old stuff. Keep up the good work and good luck with the potty. Love, Judi
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