Also, she went to the ophthalmologist's office for a more in depth look at her eyes, because she has complaining that she can't see as well WITH her glasses on now. So they are upping the prescription in one eye, and hopefully that will help.
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Tuesday, October 5, 2010
New Glasses
Jaymi's glasses (the frames) broke last Monday, so I rushed over to the optometrist to see if they were under a warranty (I couldn't remember if the frames were). They were, thankfully. So we had to wait a couple of days until the frames were ordered in. She actually had the choice of two different colours this time, because they happened to have these dark pink frames that were the exact same ones, and she ended up liking them. So she has new glasses now.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
The Summer of 2010 - Week #1
Week #1 of our summer has come and gone, and we had a fantastic, relaxing, unplanned week full of fun.
On Monday, Jaymi got her hair cut (wanted shorter bangs and had her hair trimmed quite a bit).
She also had her optometrist appointment and as you know, came out of that with a prescription for glasses, which we picked up on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Jaymi did her own nails (one hand - I helped with the other),
we went shopping and splurged on a new outfit from a Please Mum sale (to match her new glasses, of course, LOL), complete with new shoes, peace earrings, and fun, coloured hair extensions.
I signed her up for the annual summer reading club, which she always loves. They give each child a card to fill out (when you read every day) and every week you come back to get the weekly prize (prizes get better and better every week), a sticker, and there are also lots of free programs to sign up for.
We had a Purdy's ice cream at the mall, after our shopping was finished - yum!
Jaymi chose a meal to cook for us last week (pasta with Alfredo sauce and garlic toast, and kiwis), shopped for the ingredients and later in the week, cooked it (with my help for the hot stove and toaster oven).
We went geocaching together.
We watched the Flintstones, stayed up late, hung out with the neighbours, and Mark ended up rescuing Jaymi's brand new stuffed Webkinz Chinchilla (which she accidentally dropped over the edge of our deck, right into the neighbour's thorny blackberry bushes halfway down a cliff), then promptly tossed it to her, accidentally tossing it into our pool. She was furious at him, and he ended the night by apologizing to her and blow-drying the Chinchilla ... even sprinkled it with baby powder to make it smell nice. :D
On Wednesday, Jaymi treated us to yet another tap dancing show (she does a lot of these lately), read a book about a bunny and decided to a "Bunny Day" (which I will blog about later).
We did some gardening, had a picnic, made a cheesecake, and watched some more Flintstones.
On Thursday, I made homemade "Starbucks" drinks (a caramel macchiato for myself and Mark, and a steamed milk with sprinkles for Jaymi), we met up with friends at Playzone,
and we celebrated Canada Day at home this year, with a fantastic BBQ rib dinner (that Mark made) and a yummy dessert.
On Saturday, we did our 2nd Saturday in a row of garage saling and found some awesome treasures (and only spent about $6). Jaymi found 2 books, a beautiful white satin dress, a big stuffed sea otter backpack, a little stuffed cat that meows, a bigger stuffed cat pillow, a bracelet, a tiny mirror, a Littlest Pet Shop hamster wheel, a real pair of tap shoes (for $2!), and we bought 2 cupcakes for a cancer charity.
We also went to London Drugs to get a free razor (handing in an old one first - that was a deal they had on), and went to Toys R Us to show a report card, after which they gave us a $5 gift card (which Jaymi spent on a sale-priced Lil' Kinz which ended up after everything, costing us a total of $0.34!).
We played our made-up game of "Wall Ball" (which consists of throwing a ball against a wall in all sorts of different ways - one bounce then catch...spin around and catch before it hits the ground.....clap your hands before it comes back to you....etc.).
She also designed and made her own hairband.
We also went for a family walk after dinner - something we are hoping to continue a few times a week.
On Sunday we did lots of work on a puzzle, Jaymi and Mark played badminton in the backyard and had a campfire together, she did cartwheels and tap dancing, and we had hot dogs, marshmallows, and fruit for dinner.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Glasses!
Big news - Jaymi has glasses now!
Yep, it's true. While we were in Vancouver for her MRI, the ophthamologist saw her for a checkup and mentioned that she didn't do very well at all on her eyesight test. But, he thought it was probably because the test was given less than 3 hours after the MRI and she was so exhausted (from being sedated) and just wanted to go to sleep...she wasn't at her best.
Regardless, Mark and I decided that we would book her an optometrist appointment when we got back to Victoria, to double check.
So this past Monday, she had that appointment, and did just as badly at the eyesight test. It turns out that her eyes are 20/50 instead of 20/20, and she's near-sighted. This means, of course, that she needs help seeing far away. Her prescription is a very light one....a minus one.
So, she doesn't need the glasses to read or do anything up close, but she needs them for far away. Basically she will be wearing them all the time anyway.
The optometrist's office called on Wednesday, asking us to come in to do a measurement that they forgot to do, and to our surprise, the lenses were just about ready. They were there on the desk, but they were huge pieces of glasses (not cut to size yet) and her frames were sitting there too, empty. It was awesome for Jaymi to be able to see the lenses when they were partway through being made.
It's interesting how this generation is so different from ours and our parents. She is THRILLED to have glasses. She thinks it's the best thing ever! She took a while choosing the frames and chose a very "Jaymi" pair of glasses. Turquoise all through the inside and corners, brown on the outside, with a floral cut-out pattern on the sides. Very funky looking and cool. They are also transitional lenses, which means that they darken when UV light hits them. We wanted to make sure that her eyes stay protected in the sunlight.
She has been having so much fun wearing them. She is constantly asking if her lenses are dark (when she is outside), loves to clean them with her spray cleaner and cloth, loves the case she picked out (turquoise, of course, to match), and has been trying to match her outfit to her glasses a lot too.
She is also testing the difference between glasses and no glasses, amazed at how the blurriness goes away with them on.
They suit her too! We really like them on her. It's too bad she has to have glasses, but they are really helping her (she doesn't rub her eyes nearly as much as she did before) and they do look very good on her.
Yep, it's true. While we were in Vancouver for her MRI, the ophthamologist saw her for a checkup and mentioned that she didn't do very well at all on her eyesight test. But, he thought it was probably because the test was given less than 3 hours after the MRI and she was so exhausted (from being sedated) and just wanted to go to sleep...she wasn't at her best.
Regardless, Mark and I decided that we would book her an optometrist appointment when we got back to Victoria, to double check.
So this past Monday, she had that appointment, and did just as badly at the eyesight test. It turns out that her eyes are 20/50 instead of 20/20, and she's near-sighted. This means, of course, that she needs help seeing far away. Her prescription is a very light one....a minus one.
So, she doesn't need the glasses to read or do anything up close, but she needs them for far away. Basically she will be wearing them all the time anyway.
The optometrist's office called on Wednesday, asking us to come in to do a measurement that they forgot to do, and to our surprise, the lenses were just about ready. They were there on the desk, but they were huge pieces of glasses (not cut to size yet) and her frames were sitting there too, empty. It was awesome for Jaymi to be able to see the lenses when they were partway through being made.
It's interesting how this generation is so different from ours and our parents. She is THRILLED to have glasses. She thinks it's the best thing ever! She took a while choosing the frames and chose a very "Jaymi" pair of glasses. Turquoise all through the inside and corners, brown on the outside, with a floral cut-out pattern on the sides. Very funky looking and cool. They are also transitional lenses, which means that they darken when UV light hits them. We wanted to make sure that her eyes stay protected in the sunlight.
She has been having so much fun wearing them. She is constantly asking if her lenses are dark (when she is outside), loves to clean them with her spray cleaner and cloth, loves the case she picked out (turquoise, of course, to match), and has been trying to match her outfit to her glasses a lot too.
She is also testing the difference between glasses and no glasses, amazed at how the blurriness goes away with them on.
They suit her too! We really like them on her. It's too bad she has to have glasses, but they are really helping her (she doesn't rub her eyes nearly as much as she did before) and they do look very good on her.
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