Thalia and Liz

Here's Thalia with her newest reptile-friend, Liz...
Thalia's papa named Liz 'Liz' .... you know, because she's a lizard...
Thalia says Liz is 'SOOOO pretty'...
She made a little house for Liz out of a box, some grass, some other cardboard for Liz to hide behind...
But unfortunately, her papa wouldn't let Liz live in the box...
Liz has been hanging out on our back patio for oh...about a year, maybe...and Papa has gotten pretty attached to Liz. (I have to keep saying 'Liz' instead of 'him' or 'her' because I don't know how to tell if Liz is really a Liz or a... Lance, or some other masculine name.)
Papa told Thalia she had to let Liz go so Liz could live in her/his natural habitat...Papa was afraid Liz might not continue to live in the box...
Thalia wasn't happy about that decision, but she let Liz go...
Every day, Thalia goes out and checks on Liz to see if she's still there...she is. Even this morning in the 60 degree drizzle outside, she went out to check on Liz.

Then she came back in and ate her Reese's Cocoa Puffs... I still can't believe I bought those. But, I figure, how many times do you get to have your lizard loving granddaughter stay at your house? If she wants Cocoa Puffs, she can have Cocoa Puffs.

Yesterday, Thalia had been out in the back hanging out with Liz, and she came into the kitchen where I was. She was just talking about...whatever, can't remember...and I noticed this cute little head sticking out of her pocket... it was Liz.
Isn't she cute?