How easily I fall back into my bad habits! Silent all week and then try to cram everything into a single post...
As we gear up for the school year the discussion of which night would be 'family night' came up. Well just talking about it wasn't good enough for the kids so when this week's harvest looked like this....
As we gear up for the school year the discussion of which night would be 'family night' came up. Well just talking about it wasn't good enough for the kids so when this week's harvest looked like this....
We gathered at Auntie Peggy's for dinner and some good old fashion family time! We left the table setting to Andrew who saw nothing at all unusual about his table cloth selection......
And once the Scrabble board came out none of us noticed the table cloth anymore!!!! Especially Andrew and Auntie Peggy who were struggling with letter draws like this....
They ended up with the dreaded Q's as well (:
Speaking of back to school preparations....
It was eye exam time! Julia has fantastic correction free vision BUT this eye exam did reveal a potential explanation of why she is a less than enthusiastic reader. It's called exotropia....the opposite of crossed eyes...meaning she has to work her eye muscles extra hard to bring them into the reading position leading to fatigue!! We started 'eye push ups' to try and strengthen the muscles.
Mari has been in glasses since 4yo pre-school. I suspected that the recent spate of headaches might have meant the need for a new prescription...and boy did it!!! Her vision changed significantly....and not for the better. She went for a little bling it this year's choice of eye wear and even though she 'loves' these glasses she is so in the throws of teen insecurity and feels this shot of her makes her "look weird"...sigh. Wish I looked 'weird' like this .....
As if family night wasn't good enough, the cousins managed another 'get together' this week.
While Alyssa and Mari demonstrated what smooth and cautious drivers they were destined to be Andrew and Julia left us with deep concerns! Two good but veeerrryyy aggressive drivers in that pair!!!
Then the family were all gathered together once again this week....
And once the Scrabble board came out none of us noticed the table cloth anymore!!!! Especially Andrew and Auntie Peggy who were struggling with letter draws like this....
They ended up with the dreaded Q's as well (:
Speaking of back to school preparations....
It was eye exam time! Julia has fantastic correction free vision BUT this eye exam did reveal a potential explanation of why she is a less than enthusiastic reader. It's called exotropia....the opposite of crossed eyes...meaning she has to work her eye muscles extra hard to bring them into the reading position leading to fatigue!! We started 'eye push ups' to try and strengthen the muscles.
Mari has been in glasses since 4yo pre-school. I suspected that the recent spate of headaches might have meant the need for a new prescription...and boy did it!!! Her vision changed significantly....and not for the better. She went for a little bling it this year's choice of eye wear and even though she 'loves' these glasses she is so in the throws of teen insecurity and feels this shot of her makes her "look weird"...sigh. Wish I looked 'weird' like this .....
As if family night wasn't good enough, the cousins managed another 'get together' this week.
While Alyssa and Mari demonstrated what smooth and cautious drivers they were destined to be Andrew and Julia left us with deep concerns! Two good but veeerrryyy aggressive drivers in that pair!!!
Then the family were all gathered together once again this week....
and what has our rapt attention you may ask? We were watching presents being unwrapped!!
Happy 10th birthday cousin Daniel!!!!!!!!!
Happy birthday Daniel!
ReplyDeleteI just love Mari's smile! I know she doesn't like her picture taken but tell the girl she's gorgeous!
Well she will appreciate how good she looked when she's 30! nothing wrong with alittle Christmas in the middle of summer, I guess.
ReplyDeleteI requested a catalogue I've never even heard of wild horse feathers, alougth I never had a kid either, so there you go.