I Can See Clearly Now

 The two bigs have been telling me for a while now that they can't see clearly. Today was the day that I decided to do something about it. My friend Linda made arrangements to see a local optometrist when the English-speaking doctor was there. We tagged along without an appointment.

First up was Zeke. After about 10 minutes the doctor explained to me that Zeke's eyes were a little bad, and he suggested glasses to wear at school, watching TV, etc., but he would not have to wear them all the time. He tried out some lenses to check the prescription.

Next was Daisy's turn. She was hesitant about going because she didn't want to get glasses. After another quick evaluation, the doctor said her eyes were worse than Zeke's and she needs to wear them all the time. Bless her heart, she teared up at the news. The doctor was kind and assured her, "It's not bad. Don't cry."

Y'all. Without an appointment, both kids were in and out within 30 minutes, and the majority of that time was picking frames. The cost will blow your mind. Two evaluations, two sets of frames and two sets of lenses: W80,000 (less than $70). That's not for each, but total. 😲  On top of that, the lenses were ready in 15 minutes.

Tada! The final selection. I think they did a good job of picking.

[December 30]

Glory To God On Christmas

Christmas Eve is just not the same when we are not at my parents. But we do our best to make it merry and memorable.

On Christmas Eve we all opened one gift.

We also opened one family gift, which was Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza, which we promptly played. It got a little rowdy. There was even a little blood shed during the game.

Santa made it to our house on Christmas morning!

The stockings were full!

We were gifted a set of antlers from one of our sweet neighbors. There were five in the package, so we couldn't not wear them on Christmas morning. HO! HO! HO!

The first gift of Christmas.

The kids each wrote a sweet note with our gifts.

It took a while to get through all the Santa gifts, and then we moved on to the tree.

This guy was excited about his gifts.

So was this girl.

Eli loved his Nintendo Switch, and he also loved that Zeke played with him.

We also played the second annual game A Whole 'Lotte' Fun. (That's a play on my friend Lotte's name, pronounced /lotta/. She's Danish and we learned the game from her.)

Before Christmas we all went shopping at the 4-story Daiso with  W10,000 (about $10) but did not let anyone see what we bought. We wrapped the presents in private, too. To play the game, you roll a dice. At first we put all the presents in the center. If you roll a 6 you get to take a gift. Once all the gifts are gone, someone sets a timer. Then you follow the directions below.

Sometimes you have a bunch of presents, and then sometimes you have only a couple.

Eli bought this gift and he really wanted it. He and Daddy passed it back and forth several times, but Daddy actually had it in his possession when the timer went off. 

He was kind enough let Lijee have Chumpski.

We're all holding a favorite gift or 2 that each of us won.

After A Whole Lotte Fun, we played Forbidden Island, which was a family gift.

We were successful and made it off the island!

In all the chaos we made time to talk with our families. Sure do miss everyone! 

In the hustle and bustle and ribbons and bows, don't forget the ultimate gift.

[December 25]