photos taken on the Saskatchewan River

To be honest, yes, losing it would have SUCKED. But, a camera can be replaced. Eventually. When I actually get some of that stuff that you buy stuff with. But. Photos cannot. There weren’t even any spectacular photos on there, just moments. I like moments.

Like when Liliana was all coughy and chokey and I stayed home with her last Monday and we made granola bars.

And then she ate almost 2 cups of chocolate chips. Seriously. She ate from measuring cups. We measured!

World’s Greatest Mom. RIGHT HERE.

And Kaylie missed her Daddy this past week and got to see him on the weekend.

And Liliana was forced into child labor.

And, you know, the infamous WE WENT IN THE POOL AND THEN I LOST MY CAMERA. And forgot my ISO was set to 1200. Whoops. If I remember right, I put it to about 200 after this shot. Genius, right here.

Liliana was GLUED to me the entire time we were in there, which I guess wasn’t so bad, as it means that she wasn’t trying to be all independent and drown herself.

Kaylie took to being back in the pool like … a fish to water. I KNOW.

The girls and I are back to our bachelor-ish ways after our weekend away. We had Extra Creamy KD for dinner. On a “picnic” blanket. In front of the TV. While watching Raise Your Voice. The movie that inspired Kaylie to ask me, on our way to Saskatoon on Friday, if I’d ever heard of Three Days Grace and did we have any of their CDs. (Followed by “How did Michael Jackson die?” Seriously child, who are you and who have you been hanging out with?) I confess that I’m a closet Hilary Duff movie fan (Liliana got her name from the credits of Cheaper by the Dozen) and it’s rubbed off on my eldest daughter. (Her current favorite movie is A Cinderella Story.)

We took off to Walmart after dinner to pick up birthday invitations for Kaylie’s 9th (!!) birthday party, which she is having this weekend (A sleepover pool party! HOLD ME!) and a flotation device for Liliana. When we got home, I filled out one invitation as an example and Kaylie copied it and filled out the rest. I made sure to check them before she put them in envelopes, just to make sure that I wouldn’t have five 9-year-old girls showing up at random hours.

So, this Monday wasn’t so bad. Work even flew by. Which is, whatever. I actually like my job, so if it goes by quickly or not, it’s not a big deal, except that I like seeing my girls at the end of the day.

When I got my camera home today and uploaded the photos, I was half expecting to find photos that I DID NOT TAKE. But, I didn’t. Not that it would have been a bad thing. You know, depending on the photos.

Oh wait.