Glasses

Glasses? How would one even know where to start with a 4 1/2 year old needing glasses.  Well, we were actually at our pediatrician's office for Brother and his asthma when the doctor looked over and asked if we had had Sister's eyes checked recently. Her left eye lid has been lower since birth, but she passed her vision screening at 1 years old so we never thought more of it.  When she's tired or not feeling well, her lid droops noticeably.  The doctor told us to just make sure the lid wasn't covering her pupil.  So, that got me thinking and at home I started asking Sister questions about what she could see and not see.  She flat out said, "Momma, my eyes don't work very well. They never have."  Needless to say, we scheduled the appointment. 

She did great - even with having to have her eyes dilated - sure wore her out though.  

Turns out - she needed glasses.  She has difficulty seeing far away and astigmatism in both eyes.  Our doctor was great and recommended only doing half the prescription, since her vision is still developing and to revisit in 4 to 6 months.   She loves her new glasses and has said that she can see so much better now. 

In other news- we are kicking off our spring break!  My students were exhausted Thursday afternoon, so we had a game day justified by social emotional learning standards of course!  

  And our first order of business for spring break, was to get outside and play in the Thursday afternoon sunshine! We hardly have any snow, in fact they had to bring in 500 truck loads of snow for the ceremonial start of the Iditarod today(Saturday).  Crazy weather - 41 degrees and rain today.  We are looking forward to our spring break.  Papa will be starting to coach track and field - throwing events this week and Momma has a little girls trip planned mid-week.  We also look forward to our friend from Cordova coming in for a visit towards the end of the week. Promises to be a busy week - but thankful to be able to have quality time with friends and family.