kodak moments

Our camera has been in the shop for over 4 weeks now and I am missing it. It fell off the couch and the lens popped off and wouldn't go back on. There have been some special moments over these past weeks that I wish I was able to capture; luckily, our handheld digital still works, but it is not the same as our Nikon SLR. There was the afternoon we played outside with the neighborhood kids and the older boys took Eddie for a high speed wagon ride. He was in seventh heaven. There was Eddie's first romp through the sprinkler, which he loved, and the first dip in the pool (yesterday). There have been many special moments between Eddie and his cousin Noah lately. The other night they were both "playin in the kitchen," as I call it (from one of our music class songs). They were banging pots and pans and hitting the wall with measuring spoons. Oh, there are so many moments that you just cannot capture on film. Like when Noah pointed at Eddie and then Eddie responded by touching Noah's finger, ala ET. And when Eddie was outside on the deck and Noah was inside and they were pressed against the screen giving each other kisses. The camera also wasn't there when we picked our first ripe strawberry from the garden and ate it together, Eddie stuffing the remainder of it in his mouth, along with its leafy top. Nor did I have it on hand when we baked chocolate chip cookies together and Eddie really dove into the flour, proudly covering himself with white dust. Sometimes you just cannot grab the camera quick enough and the moment is lost, except in your memory...perhaps these are the true kodak moments.