Clark Kent

One day at at the end of January Brandon (I'm not allowed to call him Bubba in public anymore) came to me and said that when he sat in the back of the class he couldn't see the board. Now, he'd been sitting in the back of the class since November or December. So, essentially, he'd been slightly blind for awhile. We're such great parents! We'd wondered why when we watched tv at home he preferred to sit on the floor really close. Hhmmm... Can't believe we didn't notice.

So, we headed to the glasses store to scout out glasses till his appointment a few days later. Then, we headed to another glasses store, and another, and another till they all started to blend together and we couldn't tell the difference between them and had to call in outside help. I think I sent my sister (who lives in Kansas) about 10 pictures to choose from. Then, at family dinner we took a vote. Then, I agonized every day over which ones to get.

Why all the fuss over a pair of glasses? When Derek was younger he had to get glasses and I think he was slightly traumatized. Granted, his glasses were thick. I'm not talking about normal glasses thick, I'm talking about partially blind glasses thick. So you can see my concern over the type of glasses Brandon was going to get. We were concerned that he'd get made fun of. And while we're all for some character building, this is one thing that was kind of taboo.

We searched and searched and searched. And guess what? The pair he picked is the VERY. FIRST. PAIR. that he tried on. Imagine that!

Since he's started wearing them, he's gotten so many compliments! The primary president told him that he looked "smokin' hot", the pediatrician told him he could be a model with those glasses and that they were the most awesome glasses he'd ever seen, and tons of people have told him that he looks like "that Superman guy".

Me, I think he looks like the cutest Bubba ever.