Today was the day we have been waiting for since May. It was the first day that the temperatures were so nice that the air conditioning did not run once all day. We just had all the windows opened up. It was in the mid 70s and partly cloudy all day. PERFECT
We just did housework and played in the dirt. The boys even had to break out hoodies this morning.

Since I have no other photos for today, it is a good time to post some more cute outtakes from last weekend’s photo shoots.

It is also a good time to say that going forward, I am not going to commit to a blog post every day. For three years, a week, and a day, I have posted something. Rain or shine, hospital, surgery, illness, travel, no sleep, no internet.. I always found a way to write for the day.
Now that nap time is gone, the boys are getting up earlier, and I have taken on several other big projects, I need to reclaim some of the time I spend blogging.
Other than the few dedicated commenters, I don’t even know who is reading this anymore.

I will continue to do an update any time I have cute pictures or important news. I will update at least once a week. I can’t imagine a day without a blog post at this point, but I can’t go on posting about doing laundry again and again!

Saying goodbye is never easy. Gramma made it home safely this afternoon and we already miss her. It isn’t the constant working, cleaning, tidying, and helping… of course that is greatly appreciated! It is that these boys will never have to doubt for a second that she loves them to pieces!

We had a rough start to the morning. Brendan had his appointment with the ophthalmologist today. After waiting almost an hour and a half, we finally went back to the exam room only to get the dilating eye drops and to be sent back to the waiting room for 25 minutes.

Brendan handled the wait pretty well.

The dilating drops worked quickly.

The diagnosis was a bit shocking though. His little eye scans from the pediatrician’s office and the preschool screening had led me to believe that he has slight myopia (nearsightness). When we went in, the doctor was saying they would find out today if he needed glasses now or if it was something that could wait until he really needed them, like for seeing in a classroom.
What they found though was that Brendan has severe hyperopia (farsightedness). He can not see objects in focus or detail at any distance. It is dizzying to read about it and realize how much this may have been affecting his life and development. His eyes and his brain have done so much to compensate, we just didn’t know. The doctor, nurses, and the optometrists all promised that Brendan is going to love his glasses and will have an awakening of vision.
I am excited for him, and sad at the same time.
We went for a glasses fitting right after the appointment and they should be ready Wednesday or Thursday next week.

Trevor and Gramma spent the morning together. I am so glad she was here to stay with Trevor so he didn’t have to be at the doctor’s all morning with us. They ended up taking a mile and a half long walk around the neighborhood!
Then tonight, Trevor got his haircut!
He did a really good job, with just a little squirming.

We were working on “freeze” and then get wiggles out in between snips. He had some really silly freeze faces.

The boys aren’t really in to dressing up, and it was a tough enough morning on Brendan. We just put on some cute holiday themed t-shirts and sat out on the driveway to pass out candy.

It was still hot outside, and there were some big groups of kids. Brendan got a box of Nerds from the neighbor and went around shaking and rattling it everywhere.

Trevor is doing his peanut butter cup dance.

We had some exhausted boys tonight. November is going to be a busy month with a lot of changes. We have to start by taking Gramma to the airport in the morning. It seems like she just got here!