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!