The gem show

This weekend was the annual gem show here in durango. Lilja has always loved rocks and I think we have sparked a passion. What was very cute was that she got many stone free as the merchants Saud they wanted to instill a love for rocks fir the kids . Lilja had brought her own money to buy rocks , which helped the "free giving " . She even got a 35 dollar Mexican Opal for 1 dollar !! I wish I was 7 !

Panning for gold, fake gold and colored stones 

It was pretty child interactive too .

Lilja went to a little program here in our subdivision and they learned about animal prints . 

One of them being their own hand print 

This is what I see at my feet when I blow-dry my hair . He seems so big on some of the photos ..but he is so little