eye update

For the past several years Calvin's glasses have only had correction in one eye. His "bad eye" has a major astigmatism and a large correction as well. However, the other lens was plano, with no correction. For a while Calvin was wearing a contact in one eye and didn't need one in the other eye. Earlier this year Calvin started complaining that his good eye wasn't seeing as well. So we took him in and sure enough he needed a new prescription with correction in both eyes. Another 6 months passed and he started complaining again that his glasses weren't doing the trick.

I was actually really worried that something had happened with his vision, or brain to cause him to loose vision so fast so I was relieved to find out that it's just normal changing (for someone with bad eyes) and that he'll probably keep losing vision until he is fully grown. Sad that he's been dealt this minor problem. He's had a heap of minor problems that add up to major problems.

Now that Calvin can't see as well he always faithfully wears his glasses unless they are lost or broken.  Since we have returned home we have dropped a pair of glasses out of the car and then they got run over a bus, Meyer chewed up a pair, Calvin broke a pair on the bus (on accident). Any others?? Can't remember. Calvin's glasses are covered under a protection plan so when they break it costs less than $30 to get a new pair BUT it does take two weeks and that is sad because then he goes two weeks without being able to see much at all. For example, he can't see the TV from the couch, or any road signs from the car.

I hate summer

School is good for kids like Calvin. Otherwise they cause all kinds of trouble.

spitting on sisters
peeing on bed
breaking glasses
breaking mp3
dumping out food
dumping out cd's
unpacking what has been packed

thank goodness summer is only 1 week

busy nights?

A few days ago when I woke up Calvin in the morning he got out of bed and was completely naked. He had gone to sleep with some clothes on so I was somewhat surprised to see he had stripped down to nothing. I said, "Calvin, what happened to your clothes?" His reply was a very sincere, "I have no idea."  this struck me as super funny. Such a sweet boy.

to add later

lost calvin at the museum
get prescriptions filled

swearing problems

One day Calvin was swearing at Jo and she was swearing back. Obviously my angelic three year old learned all of her bad words from him, so I told him that if I hear Jo swearing, he is the one who is going to get in trouble.

A few days later Jo came to me and said a bad word. Then she asked if Calvin was going to get in trouble, reminding me that Calvin will get in trouble whenever she says a bad word.  Goodness! How do these kids develop sass at such a young age. I think if she's old enough to figure out how to frame her brother, she's old enough to have her own consequences.

If you're wondering what swear words they say to each other, they like to call each other the b word and they say f you to each other, although when Jo says it is is "puck you Talvin" and "bish"

change of clothes

A few days ago Calvin came home from the park a little while before us. When I got home I noticed he had changed his clothes. It is very unusual for Calvin to care at all about his hygiene so I was surprised to see him changed.  I asked him why he was in new clothes and he said, "oh, just because." And I asked, "Did you have some kind of accident?"  Calvin replied super matter of factly as he continued with what he was doing "yes, wet fart."

hump day

We have reached our 1/2 way mark in Houston. Looking back over old blog posts I was worried sick about planning for this move. We have been so blessed to be here.  We live in just the right place for our family. We are so happy to have this special time as a family to make new friends, memories and experience the gift of feeling God watching out for us a little more than we would have if we had stayed in SD this year.