Well, I know my family will have to take a moment and check to make sure that this is really ME actually writing in a blog.... I know, I know, I've talked about doing it forever and finally decided to just drive in.... But it is me, and I am writing!
I thought I'd start with a little story about Logan. He is in 3rd grade this year. He has had glasses since he was three, but really only started wearing them for more than 3 minutes at a time when he started 1st grade. He would wear them for a few hours at a time, then last school year he did really well wearing them during the school day. He and Megan both have one eye that they see extremely well out of and one that they don't -- opposite eyes from each other -- so they see pretty well without their glasses.
Logan has been ..... hmmm, let's say "resistant" to wearing his glasses at school this year. He has then on when he leaves the house, and has tried stashing them in his locker or in his backpack when he gets to school. Took care of that one fairly quickly. The first part of October I was at the school in the afternoon (I work as a substitute paraprofessional) and walked by Logan's classroom after they had come in from lunch recess and noticed that he did not have his glasses on (he does take them off for outside recess and is supposed to put them back on when he comes in). Logan has a morning para and different afternoon para. So I asked his afternoon para, Connie, where his glasses were. She gave me this funny look, looked at Logan, then back at me and said, "Logan wears glasses?" I laughed pretty hard. I don't think she thought it was quite so funny. She was rather horrified that after more than a month of school she had never seen his glasses. After that there was a little note laminated to Logan's desk reminding him to ALWAYS wear his glasses!
A few weeks ago while I was working, I again notice that he did not have his glasses on right as school was starting. He had a substitute teacher that day, and he was standing in the classroom door way chatting with her. I stopped as I was passing his classroom and asked him where is glasses were. He put his hand on my back and pushed me in the direction I had been going and said, "Just keep on walkin', Mama, just keep on walkin'!" It's fun being in the school!
