Grinnell Tigers Homecoming

I thought Bair was joking when we talked on Tuesday about his being in the Homecoming parade on Thursday!  He wasn't -- Bair was asked to drive one of the College's new Hertz Connect cars and he told them he could, but he'd need to put a car seat in it.  I'm thinking that's really responsible realizing we need safe transportation to Liza - way to go Bair and then he breaks out this question...who do you think we could ask to sit with Liza in the back seat to entertain her?  Hello...me me me...I'm her Mommy and I'm certainly not going to have everyone in town think I'm too busy at work to be with my family in the parade!  So a family outing it was...

Here we are waiting for the parade to begin and Liza is sporting her first Grinnell Tigers t-shirt.  Thanks to our friend Stephanie at Awards Unlimited I walked in at 2:15 pm and was out by 2:25 pm with customized Tiger clothing for Liza. 

In this picture, Bair is standing just out of frame and no matter how much he asks her to look at me and smile, she is reserving her grins for him. 

   
It was strange being in the parade because you couldn't see any of the other floats but Liza certainly enjoyed waving and occasionally roaring like a Grinnell Tiger. 

Liza had a great time and was disappointed when Sparky, the fire dog, was gone. We told her he had to go to sleep because it was his bedtime. About an hour later, after we've had dinner, we're driving home and Liza says Ssshhhhhh very loudly. We asked her why did we need to be quiet and she said because Sparky is sleeping here - so very cute!

Working in Mommy's office

Bair has a meeting every Tuesday night so Liza often comes to my office to work.  She loves doing "her work on the computer" and seeing the pictures of herself on Mommy's wall.  She's not allowed to touch the keys so she keeps that hand right in the one space she knows she can touch.  Liza regularly inches it towards the keys but does her best to follow the rules.

We had high hopes that Liza was going to make it through her first reward chart and earn a big reward.  Unfortunately for all of us she didn't earn 15 smiley faces this week.  We are all dealing with the disappointment and I think Liza is handling it best of all!  I think next time out we need a less complicated system that doesn't last for 7 night-nights. 



Long overdue and no time to post...

Life is crazy in the Bair household!  I'm temporarily helping out another division at work and that means Bair is holding down the fort amazingly well.  Tonight he and Liza called so we could say our prayers on the phone together.  Everyday life has happened since our last post and there is no way I can recap everything.  I will share a now famous LB quote -- "Mommy if you give me a new DVD I won't cry.  If you don't give me one I will cry."  She has manipulation down pat already!  She also knows how to get to her Daddy by saying to him in a sweet voice, right before she is about to get in trouble, I love you Daddy!  Heaven help us. 

In late August we enjoyed a great vacation on our favorite SC beach (thanks Mom and Daddy).  It was wonderful to spend time with family (yeah for Auntie Em and Mario) and to help Liza build sandcastles.  She's still not so sure about the ocean waves but the creek is her playground. 

Here are a few random pictures of our vacation...wish I had more time for an in-depth post...you'll just have to take what you can get!

Instead of playing putt putt Liza is checking out the giraffe's water hole. 

By far one of Liza's favorite activities -- the yellow submarine!

A trip to the beach isn't complete without a Dora bathing suit and Liza couldn't get enough of hosing the sand off after coming in from the beach.