New Eyes

At our ophthalmology appointment last week, the doctor decided that Eva needed bifocals. At a distance, her eyesight is fine, but up close, her eyes are still crossing as she tries to focus. Unfortunately, they can't make invisible bifocals at this stage, so she's going to have a line in the middle of her lenses. And we have to pay extra to make them Transitions again, too. It's better to have glasses that turn to sunglasses outside than it is to buy a second pair of prescription sunglasses that she might lose. At any rate, I'm just glad she doesn't need surgery. She's doing so well and learning so much every day. Lately her favorite game has been a simple version of "hide-and-seek". She's at the stage where she thinks if she can't see you, you can't see her either. So she'll hide her face, wait for you to ask "where'd Eva go?", and then pop her head up to enjoy your surprise as you exclaim "there she is!" Sometimes she'll ask the question herself to get the ball rolling, letting out a muffled "where go?" as she shrugs her shoulders with her hands up, her face still buried in its hiding spot. We bought annual passes to the Wild Animal Park, and our first visit was a big hit. Eva loves seeing all the animals up close, and tries to imitate their noises.