Teaching a kid the value of things is about like taking them to a public restroom without  manhandling the toilet seat.  My germ radar goes off the charts when we have to go to the potty in a public place….omg LYSOL!  How do you even get your kids not to touch the toilet???

Anyway…

So last week I was going through some photos and Connor was standing next to me at the desk.  He grabbed my 50 mm lens (of course I was paying no attention) and then BAM…he dropped it.  I didn’t think anything of it until I tried to use it today and it wouldn’t focus.  I then asked Terence to try it out and he couldn’t get it to either.  Commence me telling him that Connor dropped it and a whole conversation of why I had all my camera gear laying out in the open anyway….blah blah blah.

Because I am lazy and constantly switching lenses and I didn’t want to put it in the bag…mmmmmmkay?

I was PISSED.  I mean I know it was an accident, but seriously I didn’t want to spend the moolah on a lens right now.  We headed to the camera store and after discussing it decided to just get the new version of the 50 mm 1.4 because it would be over half the cost just to send it off and replace it.  Plus I wouldn’t have it for a couple of months.

So here we are trying to teach Connor the value of things.  I know it was just an object to him and he didn’t mean it.  Poor kid.  But yes…it cost lots of dollars.

Live and learn child.  Live and learn.  I’m still trying every day.

Love you boo…..even though you broke my favorite lens.  To the moon and back.