What A Day!!!!!!!

Well, sometimes taking a day off work is definitely more work than actually being at work! Absolutely the case today!

The craziness actually started yesterday afternoon. Caroline has been having trouble with the words blurring and getting headaches when she reads. So we made an appointment to have her eyes checked out. She ended up needing reading glasses. Hopefully, according to the doctor, she may not need them for more than a couple of years. Her eyes should get stronger as she gets older and she won't have to wear them forever. But in the meantime she looks pretty darn cute in them (great deal - 2 pair for $99 - can't beat that!). This morning we picked up her new glasses. What do you think?

Sassy red frames
Sophisticated gold wire frames

After this we raced over to their doctor's office for flu shots. Also found out that the cough Jack has had for about 3 weeks has turned into a sinus infection (close to bronchitis - but caught in time.). Next year, James is taking them for their flu shots. You have never seen such screaming and gnashing of teeth. Absolutely ridiculous...the pair of them.

With THAT finally over we headed to go vote. How nuts is it that we had to wait in line for over an hour to vote 2 weeks BEFORE the election. Caroline was right there with me watching everything I did. She even pushed the button for one of the people I was voting for. Good discussion about the democratic process. Jack had already gone with James last week to vote, so he was a pro.

Finally, we headed to our last stop the orthodontist. Caroline's teeth are really crowded and we wanted to see if we should start braces or not. The doctor said we could do braces, but we would have to do them again when she is a bit older (phase 1 and phase 2 braces). But luckily (for our wallet especially) they don't think 2 phases of braces are necessary. Instead they want to pull 4 baby teeth and give her adult teeth some room to come in and then do braces just once when she turns 11 or 12. Caroline started to mildly panic at hearing that she would have 4 baby teeth pulled. She doesn't lose teeth without much crying. I'm thinking James might have to take her for that one too!

I'm glad the day is finally done. It's been a wild one for sure!