mother' day, swimming and hiking.. a full week!!

Lilja is learning to swim with leaps and bounds. we really wanted to find something that would give her some confidence and we found it!! the last couple of weeks she has been getting one -on-one lessons with Ms Sue and you can really see the difference. Right now, she can float on her back.. blow bubbles through her nose, jumped OFF the side with no help and today (with me) she even went under water!! I am loving seeing her learn so fast and really enjoying the water. I realize I love to swim and am just getting out there and joining that little girl with something she loves to do.. Oh well, that my hair is a frizz ball, oh well that my skin is oh so itchy.. oh well that mascara is running down my cheeks.. just looking at lilja truly enjoying herself and being with me ... priceless!!

yes, she has no floaties and is floating by herself.. actually kicking towards Ms sue!!

I was holding my breath just watching her kicking from the right of the picture to ms sue!!

she can almost float by herself , but her mind overcomes her body.. 

now they are focusing on stretching out

A little wet suit to see if she would not be as cold, because the water is freezing.. but this one was still too big and did not help too much. she does not mind the cold though..

My mother's day picture.. love lilja's "little smile"

yes she is posing for me.. now I have a little model on my hands!!

Climbing on the boulders at Turtle Lake, we go here when chief, the black dog goes with us.. not a lot of climbing but fun things to do. 

OK, this is the end result of a little girl thinking is was fun to make a mud slide and slide down it .It was worse than it looks!! Hallelujah for Sun soap!!! Mam, bring more please!!

I was literaly standing right at the bottom of this slide talking to my neighbor, but did not realize Lilja's "watering of the plants" had turned the ground muddy.. Well, Lilja did..

You have seen many photos of Lilja getting dirty and I will join right in. But this time I was between laughter and upsetness..With my neighbor, laughing up a storm.. Upset, because Lilja's new shoes were horrible expensive, the water has been running ( drought here in dgo) and the grass is ruined and upset at myself that I did not notice soon enough.... But laughing, because it was just soooo funny, and she was so proud of her experiment..I asked Lilja what she could have done different . Get my crocs and bathing suit??  Yep... amongst other things....