A New View

Nolan's trip to preschool "child check' this spring revealed a few things... 1st he's ready and excited for preschool... and 2nd he needed to see an eye doctor! A quick optometry appointment later we would find out that the little dude indeed needed glasses. We had fun trying on some options and picking out glasses and remarkably Nolan's favorite pairs and mine were the same! I really lucked out because I wanted him to be able to pick some he liked, but I also didn't want him running around looking like a little dork!

He has been doing really well with them for a 4-year-old. He leaves them on almost all the time and after nearly 2 months we had no needs for repairs...That is until last weekend! Nolan was playing in the yard at Grandma and Grandpa Volz's house when he fell flat on his face. He hid his glasses from everyone and insisted he come home for his glasses case. He pulled in our driveway with Grandpa and I ran out his glasses case. He tried to sneak them inside with out me seeing and told me I couldn't look until tomorrow. I guess he was hoping they'd repair themselves overnight, because I could clearly see that a lens was missing! I asked him gently if he knew where the lens was and he just started streaming with tears. Poor little guy thought he was in big trouble! Anyway, we found the lens and got them repaired the next day.

Ironically, as I write this Nolan is not wearing his glasses! I can't find them! He had them on in the van yesterday and fell asleep back there. The next thing I knew they were no longer on his face and I can't seem to find them in the van. So needless to say I'll be searching in all the cracks and crevices! I guess maybe I should have considered taking advantage of that discount we were offered on a 2nd pair! We'll call that a learning lesson!

Thought I'd share some pics of the little guy in his specs. They're pretty cute, but you can see how they provide a little trouble for him in the van...and a few laughs for us!