Priya's New Look...

will include glasses. She's been squinting for some time now and I finally got around to getting her eyes checked. Those darn school screenings have come back with normal results for 3 years now giving us a false sense that everything was alright. Unfortunately, as it turns out, reading an eye chart is not an accurate measure of vision according to our eye doctor. In fact, several states have banned the school screenings for the simple fact that it sometimes gives parents a comfort level that prevents them from getting their child's eyes checked by a professional.

Evidently, children's eyes should be checked before the age of 3... that's right, age three. The brain and the eyes are communicating and trying to work everything out from 18 months to 3 years, so that by age 3, the brain has already made adjustments to correct for poor vision, thereby sometimes causing irreversible damage. With each passing year, the development of the visual system is more complete and cannot be changed. I don't really know if this applies to your basic near sightedness and farsightedness but there are other vision problems that can certainly be repaired if caught early enough. Wow, this is maybe the first time that I'm actually educating my readers, all two of you that actually have children young enough to benefit from this fabulous advice. :)

It's hard to tell how Priya feels about being the only other person in her class to wear glasses. The other little girl is a friend of hers from Kindergarten, so today she went to her for advice. The girl shared with Priya that glasses can sometimes get caught in your hair when you put them on or take them off and also, she said, "They make you not look beautiful". I really hope that despite the fact that her two closest friends don't want her to get glasses that her new look will be accepted and even embraced by her peeps. She did go with their advice of staying away from frames that were too round. Let's see... I think overall she's excited about wearing them even though she's convinced the people in her class will no longer recognize her.



It was fun shopping for the new eye-wear with Priya, especially after we returned Sanjay back home because he just doesn't know how to behave well in public. The glasses have been ordered and will be ready in about a week, but here's a sneak preview and summary of our shopping:

Spring Skiing

Well, the season is almost over and I took Sanjay out today for some final runs. Priya was in school, so she couldn't join us. On the chair lift we talked about how much he was missing Daddy and Priya and in the car he asked me questions that I couldn't find answers to, like "What if someone had a vehicle like this?" *points to a handheld fan that is attached to a canister of M&Ms*. When I didn't give an answer, he prodded some more, demanding a response. So I finally said, "I guess we'd see it on the road". Obviously not an acceptable answer to this little guy. He's debating with me from the backseat, "But it's like a plane". So, we finally agreed that we would see it in the air. Soon after our lengthy discussion on transportation he fell asleep while I sang along to all my favorite songs during the long trek home.

Some favorite shots from this last day of skiing:





And I'll include one last video for the season. It's long and quite uneventful, however the ending is classic and is foreshadowed in the video's title. Take a peek.