ICL One-Year Update

Well, there is really not much to report here, other than the fact that I've reached my one-year anniversary since my ICL surgery.  The great news is that I am still LOVING it, and I'm so glad I did it!  I had my check-up and everything looks great.  My vision is still 20/15 and my pressure is normal.  I do use eye drops about twice each day, morning & night (just over-the-counter lubricating drops, for dryness).  I haven't felt any negative side effects from the lenses.  I still do "see" the lens moving after I blink--it's hard to explain...the best explanation I can give is if you've ever worn "hard/gas perm" contacts, they move a teeny bit with each blink, so when your eyelid lifts back up after a blink, you can see the very faint outline of the contact as it moves back into place.  I never saw it when I had soft contacts, but it was very noticeable to me with my hard contacts.  Anyway, since I've had my ICLs I do notice that again now.  Definitely not annoying enough to wish that I hadn't done it though!  (And not painful at all--with my gas perm contacts I felt like I had rocks in my eyes with each blink.  This is only visual, not uncomfortable all all, thankfully.)

So that's that!

Valentine's Day Cake

For Valentine's Day I usually make cookies, but I did a heart shaped cake this year and then let the kids decorate it.  The colors were not too beautiful, and the decorating job wasn't exactly professional, but we sure had fun!  Tess, Miles, and Tess's best friend Mari did the piping.

Inside Fun

Well, since it's kinda cold and yucky outside, we've been trying to find some fun things to do inside (but out of the house!  Can you say cabin fever???)  Here we are at the Treehouse Children's Museum...first in the music room, trying to play the drums...

Here's Bree driving the Fire Engine...

I love this picture of Miles...he is notorious for making goofy faces in pictures, but this time he's actually standing still and making a cute little smile for the camera.  But he still looks hilarious with his goofy cowboy hat turned sideways!  That boy!

Bree wasn't so sure about riding the horse...she didn't stay there for long.

Last Friday I was able to go with Tess on her 2nd grade field trip to Clarke Planetarium at the Gateway.  It was really nice to be able to hang out with just her!  Here she is with a few buddies on the moon. (sorry my cell phone takes blurry pictures a lot... )

This is Tess with her friend Nevaeh getting ready to watch an IMAX 3D movie.  ("My name's Nevaeh.  It's heaven spelled backwards" is the introduction I've gotten from this cute girl every time I see her.)

Nevaeh (remember--heaven spelled backwards) took this one...

And here are a few pictures from Miles's preschool field trip to the Roy Fire Department.  (Goofy faces of course!)  

They even gave Bree a fire hat, but because of her stroller, she couldn't wear it the right way--here it is backwards.

Fun times!