Winds of Change

Taylor as King george III in his class to the past presentation. He spent hours gluing each gem to his homemade crown, sewing his cape and hair, and learning to act like a king!

The winds of change never really stop blowing, but I think sometimes they are more noticeable than other times. Right now is a time of much change around the Stanis house. We tend to notice change around this time of year as we round the kids birthdays which are inevitably tied to their annual medical check ups. While no one has any major medical stuff going on, it seems to me that these “preventative” visits always stir up the dust. For example, Taylor hasn’t had an eye exam since we left Wisconsin. At that time he and Wes had slight far sightedness that was actually fairly normal for their age. Still the doctor wrote a slight prescription and all were fitted with glasses. Wes quickly broke his, and Taylor went rogue, choosing simply not to wear them. Well Taylor failed his vision screening at the annual check up. Guess who is getting reacquainted with his glasses and an eye exam?

Liv as Harry Truman and their friend Okami as Japanese Commander Yamamoto Isoroku, class to the past presentation.

My insurance, through my employer, not surprisingly finds it important to support its own industry (yep, I’m a nurse, and I work for a major hospital). I don’t normally get too upset about this, but it seems like everything at my employer takes months to get into, and, even though my insurance doesn’t require it, everyone seems to require a referral. It makes getting services really annoying. So until April, hopefully Taylor’s old prescription will help him to see. I mean, its only vision, right!?!

Wes and Ava were playing in her room when suddenly there were screams and tears. Wes-0, Ava’s bed-1. The details around how the bed gave Wes a black eye are a bit unclear… as is often the case when it comes to Wes… choose your own adventure…

Ava is really excited to join Tay and Liv at CAIS next year. In the photos above, she is working with students at CAIS during an open house day. Her teacher this year says that she cannot hold her attention for more than 60 seconds in class, but for hours during the open house she was attentive and fully engaged.