Something's different

 

  Mimi BEFORE...

 

and Mimi AFTER her eye doctor appointment! 

The most surprising part to me is that these glasses are NOT for distance!?  

The doctor says that will definitely come with time.  

These cute glasses are for reading, to help her eyes focus better and get less fatigued.  They are bifocals (plain glass on the top and readers on the bottom)
Fingers crossed that this helps! 

Meeting Amy Butler

One fun benefit of living in Ohio is that we are close to where Amy Butler works.  Here's more about her.  Basically she's an awesome person who happens to design some pretty amazing fabric.   And she's was super nice in person!

Springfield Trip

Last weekend we left Greg at home to get things done and we headed to Springfield, IL.  It was very cool and worth the trip!

 Abraham Lincoln's home

 Silly children

 Around the corner was a Frank Lloyd Wright home, we didn't go inside, but just hung out around the grounds. 

 

 Lincoln's tomb

 Old State House

 Tickets to tour the house

Family Room

At the moment our Family room is all about Hockey.
More details to come as the room gets put back together...

 The crowd arrived by laundry basket, also known as the "bus"

Mimi Turns 10!

(we are now caught up on the blog!)

We kept the birthdays very simple this year.  

I had to keep reminding the kiddos that we had our parties down in Orlando, FL. 

Mimi, "Now I'm two hands!"

She thought a star cake would be too hard, but there's not much I can't find on Pinterest.

 Mimi's big interests lately are ducks, or any animal, the color green, the stars in the sky. 

 Robotic fish from her aunts.