Rough Start to Summer

So you know the feelings you get right before summer starts?  The anticipation of sleeping in.  The joy of not having a strict schedule to comply with.  The happiness of knowing the stress level recedes by a multiplier of 10 in the summer.  You know what I'm talking about?

Yea, those feelings blew up in my face starting last week.

The summer is supposed to be easier... right?  So far, not mine.

I'll start at the beginning.  First week, Jackson gets sick.  He starts showing the signs of a cold and Conjunctivitis Sunday afternoon.  Monday morning, he wakes up with full blown pink eye and a fever of 101.5.  Off to the pediatrician we go.  We get some antibiotics for his eye, and I'm told to bring him back if his throat starts hurting him.  Thursday rolls around, Jackson's pink eye is looking better, but he's been running a fever all week and now decides to tell me his throat hurts.  Friday morning, Andrew brings him back to the doctor's office so they can run a strep culture (which thankfully came back negative).  Now, he developed a nasty cough Wednesday, still has fever Friday morning, and I've had a sick kid all week.  Yea (written with sarcasm font).  His fever finally breaks Friday, but he's still slow and go the next weekend.

This royally screwed up all my careful planning.  Jackson was supposed to start swim lessons that Monday morning, but I wasn't about to let him go infect other children.  I had to call our Parks and Recreation office and transfer him to a later class in the summer.  Then, he was supposed to have a dental check up that week.  I had to call and reschedule that appointment as well.

On top of all of this, Cassidy had her well check the first week.  Sawyer's glasses came.  Cullen started swim lessons in the evenings, and Jackson and Cullen have started taking Tae Kwon Do lessons.  I'm running a tight ship with classes, doctor's appointments, random sicknesses, plus every day stuff which needs to be done.

This whole idea of relaxing and having a less frantic schedule has avoided me.  I'm busier now than I was during the school year!  This is nuts!

I'm hoping things will calm down now.  Jackson is better (although upset his swim lessons had to be moved).  He'll be attending Vacation Bible School at our church next week.  Cullen and Sawyer are attending summer preschool for June and July.  Cassidy is along for the ride most of the time.

So all good plans must come to and end.  Mine just crash, explode, and burn to smithereens!

Back in Glasses

Sawyer is back wearing glasses.  He hasn't needed glasses since his eye surgery when he was 9 months old. 

To catch everyone up, Sawyer was diagnosed with Strabismus at 4 months old.  Strabismus is also more commonly known as being cross-eyed or wall-eyed.  The muscles which normally hold your eyes straight, do not hold his eyes straight.  In Sawyer's case, his eye muscles pull his eyes towards his nose.

Sawyer went in for his eye check up, and we voiced our concerns and observations to his Pediatric Ophthalmologist.  We had been seeing his eye drift back inwards for a few months.  Since he still has control over the eye muscles and can correct it, his doctor suggested he be put back in glasses to help train the eye muscles to stay straight.  Hence, Sawyer is back in glasses.

I'll be honest.  It completely breaks my heart.  Yes, he looks adorable wearing his glasses.  I'm mainly worried about other kids picking on him when he gets older.  We all know how cruel children can be.  I was called names when I wore glasses by some kids, and you only learn later in life that those kids were putting you down to make themselves feel better.  At the time, you just felt horrible.  No kid should be put down especially when wearing glasses to be able to see correctly.  That's my biggest concern.  I know it's a long ways off, but I can't help thing about it.  Fingers crossed, that will not happen.

I present... Sawyer in his new glasses!

Kindergarten Promotion and Last Day of School

Jackson is officially a First Grader!  His last day of school is today, and he had his Kindergarten Promotion ceremony yesterday morning.  It was cute (and short!).  Summer is here!  (We'll see if I survive!)

This has got to be my favorite photo of the day!  Their faces!

That would be mine sitting cross legged with his fingers in his mouth.