New Glasses

It's been just over a year since Mam picked out these pointy little purple number with the heart cutouts in the corners.Honestly, I never really liked them a whole lot, although I got used to them. Mam fell in love with them at the optic shop and I figured that she was really the one who had to wear them. She might as well get her choice. She loved the purple. She loved the hearts. And for a change, a year out, they're not particularly trashed. They're still in pretty good shape.

But when I had to have the lenses changed in these glasses during the Christmas holidays, she had to wear her electric blue Rec Specs to school for a couple of weeks. I could live with that, but they sure aren't pretty. Now that our insurance would pay for a new pair, I decided it was time that she got to pick out something different..and we'd have the purple ones as a backup.

The process was so similar to the last time we picked out glasses, that it's almost comical. Yet again, she fell in love with one pair of frames. And again, I wasn't that thrilled with them. In ways, I like them better than the old ones.I like the color of the frames themselves and the shape is good on her, but the white ear pieces are more stand-outish than I'd like. I'm just about used to them. And really, who could deny the little girl the flowers she loved?

The Other Birthday

Mam turned four on the 6th. She was very excited about it...I think. On the 5th, she seemed to have trouble figuring out if her birthday was "tomorrow" or "next week". She started the big day with a trip to her ophthalmologist. I couched this as a fun appointment where she'd get to pick out a new pair of glasses for her birthday. It didn't turn out so great. The office is kind of a long drive, it was really busy and we had to do a lot of waiting before we picked out new glasses. So, by the time we got to the optic shop, Mam was tired, bored and hungry. We ordered some new glasses, but whatever fun she had there was tempered by the new eye patch she got for her birthday. One of her eyes is still significantly stronger than the other. *sigh*

Mam got to spend the afternoon with her favorite babysitter, so that went over well. Her afternoon playdate was canceled, but Daddy came home early and we went out to her favorite restaurant for dinner...Fresh Choice. Go figure. She ate dessert there, so no cake or cupcakes at home. She got to open a few family presents and that was it. The following video was one of the best bits of the day. Fortunately, there was the party at school the next day and her birthday party on Saturday to make up for a pretty lackluster birthday!