When we were out shoveling snow the other day, Thomas told me that I should buy him a face mask. Apparently several of his friends at school have them and he felt that he would be much more comfortable with his face protected. It was a very fair point and I felt awful that other moms had thought of it while I clearly never had. Mom fail!
The next week, I went with Matt on a lunch shop trip to find warmer boots for his hunting trip and I got bored and started wandering around the store. I happened to find the kid face mask section and was super excited that they were exciting patterns. The Yeti pattern seemed super fitting for Henry (he loves it, btw!).
I didn't get a close up of Thomas', but it is a Lego print - how appropriate! In the midst of a cleaning frenzy this weekend, I ran across the snow "markers" we had bought late in the season last year. The boys were super excited to use them, but they were a little hard for the to squeeze with their mittens on. So I borrowed them to write the boy's names in the snow - they love seeing their names written pretty much anywhere!
Except I suddenly had two little art critics on my hands! They were much more interested in destroying my art than thanking me for it. Whatever - I'm used to my efforts being under-appreciated. ;)
I drew them a few shapes just so they could destroy them, but when I went to take photos of them, tragedy struck!
*I* dropped *my* camera!
And not a gentle drop either. I keep my camera on a sling style strap and it hangs right next to my hip. When I am done shooting, I just let go and it hangs there. Except this time when I let go, it was followed by a loud bang. I cannot confirm or deny that any bad words were said, Matt would have to clarify. I just know my heart dropped and I was in a bit of a panic.
Based on my test self-portrait, it looks like the camera is ok. The filter took the brunt of the fall and the extent of the damage to the camera might be some messed up threads on the front of my super favorite 20mm lens. I can't actually get the busted filter off, but I'm quite sure my McGyver husband can help me out there!