May 6, 2008

What Spectacles!

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We've been working with the locally-based Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired to find resource for Christopher. One small piece of which included the purchase of a pair of sport glasses to replace the less sturdy pair he had been wearing up to this point (thank you Empire Vision replacement policy!). We picked these up a couple of months ago, but Christopher wanted nothing to do with them: “I want my little glasses!”

We've been blessed with a couple of beautifully sunny weekends recently and I took the opportunity to talk Christopher into giving his “dark glasses” a try. Soon, the transition lenses kicked in and Christopher was sold. He's been wearing his cool, blue glasses ever since. We think he looks like a superhero.

April 19, 2008

Oh, That Kind of Family

It is Friday morning in a local coffee shop. The morning rush has past and patrons and coffee-baristas are settling into a more relaxed pace. Kari, Ben, and Christopher have arrived, a part of a semi-regular morning routine for coffee and cookies.

Kari is sharing the cream and sugar and napkin and stirrer table with a college-aged kid. He is tall, with long blonde hair (“scraggly” is the word Kari used) and is rather scruffily dressed. Christopher is catching up with a table of regulars showing off his car and newly acquired cookies. He turns and sees his mother, cocks his head to get a better focus on the scene, then turns back to the table and announces in his loud and enthusiastic voice: “That girl looks just like my daddy!”

April 5, 2008

It's Elementary

Kottke's embarrassed by his score, but I'm pretty pleased with myself after scoring 36 on this Periodic Table of Elements quiz even though I wasted a good 30 seconds trying to correctly spell #9.

April 3, 2008

The Thrill of It All

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It was a Saturday night, just after dinner. Kari was settling in for a relaxing evening with her family. Maybe there would be some fun family bonding around a board game, or a good movie to watch while snuggled together on the couch, or maybe story time with witty and scintillating conversation.

This is what she ended up with.

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