Poor Daisy-- she really wants to wear glasses. For the last few weeks she has been claiming things look "blurry" when she stares at them for a period of time, but I was suspicious of the veracity of her account for several reasons. One is that her friend and classmate Charlotte wears glasses, and I have noted Daisy longing to have similar (pink) glasses. And then her friend Alex, also in her class, got glasses and I overheard Daisy excitedly telling him, "I might have to wear glasses too."
She insisted on an eye checkup and I made one. I thought it might be possible she needs glasses... after all, Mark and I both wear them, and poor eyesight runs in the family. But her stories were just so suspicious. The worst one: if you hold up two hands, she claims she can only see one.
Today after school, before the eye appointment, I had this conversation with her:
Me: Daisy, it's very important that you answer all the doctor's questions accurately at the checkup today.
Daisy: What's "acker-ate-ly"?
Me: It means (holding up both hands) that if you see all ten fingers, you should say so honestly, okay? So... do you see both my hands, or not?
Daisy: (lonnnng pause, sheepish expression): I just really want to wear glasses.
Exactly. I took her to the appointment, and it was fairly painful listening to her answer the doctor's many questions about what looks blurry, from how near or how far, for how long has this been going on, etc. I was wincing. The doctor seemed to figure her out pretty quickly, though, because after a while he said, "Do you have friends who wear glasses?" Haha. Yep. He was sooo nice; after the eye exam, and after telling her she has perfect, 20/20 vision, he told her he recommends she get a good pair of sunglasses. I thought I saw her sort of tearing up (blinking rapidly, at least) at the news that she had such good vision!
Thankfully, the sunglasses recommendation saved the day. We went upstairs to the optical sales department and bought her a beautiful pair of pink (like Charlotte's) sunglasses. Daisy was THRILLED. She was prancing and dancing happily all the way to the car. Only slight problem is that now, she is constantly begging to wear them indoors.
