Camera-less

Our camera is on the fritz.. I know, you don't believe me. After a crazy holiday weekend, it threw a tantrum and won't turn on anymore. Yes, it's brand new and YES, it's going back to the store. My husband knows me well and bought a lifetime warranty, baby.

It's amazing how MUCH you want something when you don't have it. Believe it or not, sometimes I go a week without taking a SINGLE picture. But it's only been 24 hours since my camera broke and I cannot tell you how many times I've wanted to use it!!

What? You want to know WHAT I wanted to take a picture of? well, let me tell ya..

#1- Zack grew hair in unusual places: After he licked the brownie bowl (without his shirt of course) he had a beautiful chocolate goatee AND two perfectly-coated brown nipples. He ran to Aaron and said, "Daddy, look at my choc-lut HIPPOS!" The picture would have been oh! so cute.. but you'll have to use your imagination.

#2) FHE on the neighborhood train: Zach and Kate Hulet are some of the coolest neighbors ever. Their kids are mighty lucky.. not just because they are named after U.S. Presidents, but because they their parents build incredible toys for them. If you need proof, just watch this 3 minute video of their little boy's room.

Who needs Disneyland when you have a tire swing, slide and climbing wall in your bedroom? Anyway, we decided to buy a house next to the Hulets JUST SO our kids can ride their train. What train, you ask? Well, if my camera was working, I would show you the pictures.. Maybe someone else took a few shots of tonight and wants to email them to me. If not, the rest of you will have to suffer.

#3) Luke's black eye: Luke is a lover, not a fighter. But SOMEHOW he woke up this morning with one blackish, purplish eye. I kept asking him what happened, but he couldn't think of anything. I finally concluded that Ben elbowed him in the middle of the night. But by lunchtime, it started getting lighter.. and by dinnertime, it was just a bunch of tiny red dots under his eyelid. Bruises just don't disappear that quickly, do they? Nope. But suction marks/blood blisters do.. And then it hit me. Just before dinner we had this conversation:

Me: Were you playing with the vacuum hose last night?

Luke: Yeah.

Me: Did you put it over your eye?

Luke: Yeah.

Me: Was it hard to get off?

Luke: Yeah.

Me: Did it hurt?

Luke: Not really. (but with his NYC accent, it's pronounced "Not Willy")

And the mystery was solved. Again.. the story would have been much better with a picture of his adorable, round face and black eye.. but such is the life without a camera.

*Counting down the days until it's fixed....