My Camera, R.I.P. & Thieves By Day

This week I was planning to post my pictures from the Green Day concert. But I can't.

My nice digital camera that I relied on daily is now gone. R.I.P. Each day I've hoped for a miracle but St. Anthony has not found it for me. The last I saw it was last Saturday on a high shelf. Lky said, "Mommy's camera" and I said, "Yes, that's Mommy's camera. You have your own play camera and don't touch mommy's." Next I looked, it was gone. Unfortunately it was a day where I took a nap when the boys did as I was so exhausted. When I woke up, the garbage had been taken. My guess is that he took it and threw it in the trash. I'm heartbroken.

Not only due to the cost of a new camera (the photos below are from borrowing a friend's) but that my Green Day concert photos were on there. It was only the best concert of my entire life and they are my favorite band. I was like a wild teenager dancing in the aisles and screaming. Got some great shots but before I could download them.....no camera.

Usually at night after my guys are in bed, I go in and watch them sleep for awhile, in awe over my precious little guys and what little miracles they are. That night I went in and thought, "One of these little sh**'s threw my camera in the trash!!" I've searched the house over, and nada.

What's more, that very day I took the boys to a sale and got something they've always wanted, a play kitchen. It's nothing fancy, it's used and not new, but Lm loves the play telephone and makes lots of important calls. They love to "cook" in the oven and store their bulldozers in the microwave (see photo below). The thanks I get is that they threw my camera in the trash!

This is 2 cameras now that Lk has ruined. First was Heather's last summer when he fell in the water and she had to rescue him while her camera was on her wrist and it got wet and wrecked. Now this one. Not to mention dunking my cell phone in his cup of milk and I had to get a new one. Nothing is safe around these urchins!

"I'm cute, but destructive..."

Do these guys look like they would wreck a camera or cell phone? Hmmm...

"Where's Mommy's camera?" I asked. "I don't see it," Lk said. Then later I asked again and he said he would go get it. He came back with his play camera and goes "Say cheese!" and took a pretend picture. Lovely.

Lm and his fire station puzzle.

And mommy with no camera! Still hoping for a miracle. I'm taking Monday off work, sending them to daycare and plan to thoroughly clean the house and search once again for closure before I buy a new one. With my birthday 2 wks away I hope someone buys me one though.