Guess what?

Guess who got glasses today?

JACQUI!!
She loves her new glasses! She likes these frames because they are pink & purple and have flowers on the sides.

And she picked these because they are pink & the stems are sparkly! She loves her new glasses and, believe it or not, likes seeing everything clearly! Once she got them, she wouldn't quit pointing out "new to her" details; "Look, that grandma has a smoothie!" (said about the lady at Sam's Club, 4 tables over) Everything she brought to our attention was a good 20 feet away; amazing what glasses will do for a kid.

We knew this day would eventually come. I mean c'mon, with parents like us, I'm amazed we've made it this far without one of our offspring sporting glasses yet! Spence got glasses in high school & I got glasses in third grade. Last April, I had laser PRK surgery and went from 20/400 vision to 20/20!

Exhibit A:

(that's my wee sister, Hannah. i was 15, she was 7 months)

When we were running the medical clearance gauntlet for Bahrain (last spring), Jacqui failed the eye test. They do a structural something test, no letter or shape reading. So she had to go to an independent optometrist for a "real" eye exam. Long story short, the Dr. said that glasses weren't necessary right now, but if she started having headaches and complaining about her vision, to get an eye exam. Fast forward about 6 months, Jacqui starts having headaches. So what is the first thing I do when we are evacuated? Make an appointment at the optometrist's office. She's got an astigmatism (which the dr. said she showed symptoms for 'classically': meaning that headaches are a big red exclamation point) and is near-sighted.

I am a bit in mourning. Don't get me wrong, I think she's as cute as a bunny's tail & twice as delicious as a cream puff with those itsy, beensy glasses! But I will miss the way she used to look. I'm in mourning for the independence she's lost. Believe me, I know what it's like to suddenly have glasses, then have to decide whether I like sledding blind or just watching everyone. (I sledded blind) The same with swimming. And glasses are *so* much more adorable these days and have such variety, gone are the windshields-posing-as-glasses.Might I also add that they are a lot more tough; springy hinges & flex frames.

Exhibit B:

(isn't everyone so cute? and yes, i picked those glasses out myself. they were mostly clear. to my 11 year old self, that seemed the best way to make them invisible.)