Last Goodbye

My camera bit the dust recently. This was it's last dying image. I'm really going to miss that camera because it's so little and I kept it in my purse all the time, so I could capture anything, anywhere. It also had a sneaky little feature that took 2 pictures in a row - one with flash and one without - so I never had to think about my lighting. I could just pick the best picture and throw out the other one. It's a lazy thing for a semi-retired professional photographer to do, but I wish all cameras would do that.

I took the kids to the splash pad near our house last week. I'm not the kind of nice mommy who frequently takes her kids to the park - I hate the park - but our summer schedule has it written in permanent marker on Tuesday (did I really put that there?) so we went. I have to say, the water keeps the area cool and the fence around the place keeps my mind at ease, so I didn't mind it at all!



Here's Jane enjoying the splash pad with her usual exuberance.



Here's Lucy enjoying the splash pad with her usual spectator aloofness.



A little unsure...

He's getting into it. Yes, he has shoes and socks on. His marshmallow fat feet don't fit in very many kinds of shoes, so I don't have sandals for him.

He can't ignore the big jug of soda in mom's hand for very long. It was right after this that I put the camera into my shoulder bag with a water bottle with a lid that was loose. Bye-bye camera.

But wait...

what's this?

Nate went out and bought...

This!

I'm so happy.