Improvement

We went to the eye Dr. and found that B's eye has improved from 50/20 to 30/20.  We only have 6 months before he turns 9 to get more improvement by patching.  Too bad we weren't patching for much of this year after loosing momentum and B feeling like it wasn't doing any good.  But we're also going to try some drops that make it so he doesn't have to use the patch, but it blurs the strong eye.  Yay? 

 A few weeks ago I took P, B and L on individual walks to get my steps in and keep them out of the house while G was in Seminary.  B has sweetly offered to go on night walks with me ever since.  When I put on my shoes, he put on his head light and said "I can help you with that mom."  A beautiful tradition of night walk.

L had me convinced to get a spiderman costume but I couldn't find one in his size.  I'm not the sort of mom to buy things that only one child will use either.  So we got one in B's size.  It's awesome.  I have done some extensive fixing to make it fit him better since he's a big 8 year old.  I took out the padding in the shoulders.  I replaced the velcro on the back with a zipper.  I added a few inches of red fabric to the head piece so it would allow the eye holes to be over his eyes...   So we get the best of both worlds!  Paying money for a store bought costume and then doing a lot of alterations to make it more durable.