Days with the Dorans

It was not a good sign when Joey was driving and we realized he couldn't see well- especially in the dark. I got him and Ali an appointment (at a new place I really like) and they both got glasses and can see now! Joey is near sided (which we suspected) with one bad eye (like his mama). He tried contacts for about a half hour and gave up. I suspect if he really wants them one day he'll try a bit harder but he likes his Ray Ban frames- and they are transitions so built in sunglasses! Ali is an interesting case (as her eyes have had other blog posts about them. Turns out she is near sighted in one eye and far sighted in another. No need for contacts right now but if she does need them, she'll only need one for her near sighted eye! So crazy! She got some Kate Spade frames but opted against the transitions. I think they both look good (in appearance and they can see!!).

So Bayshore took some pictures and I just got them so here are what Joey and I look like when we're actually running. That picture of Joey was right at the end. I actually have a lot of picture of him running since I'm the one that takes them. I've never seen what I look like when I run though. Also- I finally got some new glasses (a good way to keep track of how long I've had them is slapping a pic on the blog).

 Today is MLK day and we are off school for records day.  Because I feel like every day is records day, I took advantage of the day off from teaching by setting up appointments for Ali (both her 9 year well-visit~ which went great except for a shot~ and an eye appointment).  Ali failed her most recent eye exam at school so I knew that it was probably time to take her in (and I thought I knew what the diagnosis would be). When Ali was in preschool (and kindergarten) we patched her left eye (her strong eye) because there was such a discrepancy in the two eyes.  It wasn't horrible and her eyes actually did get better~ but even then, they told us that it was probably just a matter of time before she got glasses.  She does have her mama's eyes (literally I have one really weak eye and one 'regularly' weak eye just like her). So it was decided that she IS getting glasses! Once she started trying them on, they didn't seem so bad... Here are the different frames...