Say Cheese!

Whoever believes a camera steals your soul should be glad to have never met Kid 5.  She loves cameras.  She loves being the subject of a lens, and will never turn down a photo opportunity.  Although no one would ever call her camera shy, she much prefers to be behind that magical lens that captures precious moments in time.  Still or video, it matters not to Kid 5, for she loves both and has tremendous skills with any camera she manages to get her grubby little hands on. 

Kid 5's favorite activity with the camera, since she loves having her picture taken and loves taking pictures, is of course, taking pictures and videos of herself.  This can be pretty entertaining, considering she knows how to use the camera on my smartphone.  I periodically purge my photo gallery of all the pictures she takes of her eyebrow or a part of her mouth.  Occasionally she hits it out of the park, like the video she took of herself walking on my treadmill at the maximum incline level, hanging onto the handbar and grunting. 

My favorite photo taken by Kid 5 is one I will cherish forever and just thinking about it never fails to cause an almost hysterical giggle.  How I found it was almost as priceless.

It was evening and I was visiting my neighbor, sans kids.  I was telling her about my frustration with a problem in our backyard.  It had been flooded the night before by a broken pipe and I had taken video and pictures to send to the landscape company so they would know where to look for the problem since they couldn't find previously.  Kids 4 and 5 were both at home with Daddy.  I wanted him to have some peace and quiet, so I left my phone with Kid 5 so she could play games and hopefully not be upset when I left. 

As I am telling my neighbor about my flooding issue, I waanted to show her the photos I had taken when I realized Kid 5 had my phone.  About 15 minutes later, Kid 5 shows up at my neighbor's house in pajamas, with wet hair and bare feet.  Nice.  I asked her where Daddy was and she said he was in the shower.  Sigh. 

Kid 5 sat on the couch and handed me the phone.  I opened my photo gallery to show my neighbor the photos I had been talking about and started laughing so hard I could feel tears forming in my eyes.  

Kid 5 had decided to take some pictures, and because her favorite subject is herself, she figured out she could photograph herself taking a picture using the large mirror in my bathroom.  This would have been typical and unexciting except for one major detail.  Daddy was in the bathroom, getting ready to take a shower and the photo captured his reflection - completely naked.  I had a funny feeling he had absolutely no idea that Kid 5 was taking pictures.  He was so embarrassed when I showed him the picture. I rarely see him blush but he did that day - and Kid 5 has been banned from the bathroom with any device that could take a picture.  I guess I should be glad she hasn't figured out how to post pictures to facebook. 

And no, I'm not posting the photo here. :)