September | 2013 | Lessons from my daughter

I really enjoy how Facebook status update sometimes remind me of situations that happened years ago.

Yesterday, someone asked if our child with cri du chat syndrome flap their hands/arms.

🙂

Most parents who have answered so far say yes.

I said yes!

Emily flapped out of excitement but also sometimes had some uncontrolled arm movements.

I wear glasses…

I stopped counting long time ago how many times my glasses went flying across the room.

She never meant to do it, it just happened.

When a $800 or more pair of prescription glasses go flying off your face, 2 things happen.

1st Your nose hurt.
2nd You are hoping the glasses are not scratched too bad.

At some point, I discovered I could order online prescription glasses.

And this is my collection now.

I did my homework before ordering.

I got a detailed prescription and measured everything I could.

I order from : http://www.zennioptical.com

I have never been disappointed.

Here is the life lesson for today.

When your child wants to destroy your glasses, you can
a) Avoid your kid
or…
B) You can find a place where you can order 5 pair of glasses for $100. 🙂

Thank you Emily for my glasses!

Tonight, we attended our first Wildcats game of the season.

We love hockey … Well, I love hockey. Jon likes to spend time with Emily and I, as for Emily, she likes to see old friends and she kind of enjoy the overall ambiance… Until it gets too loud!

We’ve been going to games for 5 or 6 years. We’ve had season tickets some years and attended what we could on other years…

Tonight, Emily had a surprise.

Her friend Tobie wrote and illustrated a story for her.

We’ve known Tobie for as long as we’ve been here I think. I believe we met through Special Olympics than her love of hockey got us closer. Her volunteering with Emily’s baseball team keeps us on touch during the summer.

She’s a really nice person! We really enjoy her and here are pictures of her gift to Emily.