Having three kids and two adults in glasses/contacts can be a costly endeavor~ one with which we are well aware. Cooper recently needed a new prescription and thus new glasses for the start of the school year, so we just barely paid for those. We are always telling the kids to be careful with their glasses, don't play rough in them, don't take them off and sit them on the ground, and other such parental advice~
So every Wednesday night after Scouts/Achievement Days, all the kids begin a wild round of attack the older kids. Since Brayden moved from Cub Scouts to real scouts tonight, he also moved into the child being attacked category. Being the responsible 11 year old that he is, he took his glasses off and put them on the stage so they wouldn't get broken in the rough housing. Someone, however, must have stepped on them on the stage, because he came and found me in Young Womens. He was holding back the tears as he showed me his glasses- broken and bent. He just kept saying, "I can't believe this happened." He felt so bad and so did I. Especially since he'll have to go to school tomorrow with super glued glasses (or maybe to really embarass him, I could break out the tape!!)
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Oh man I feel your pain. I have one child in glasses. He has had them for about 8 months and we are on our 3rd pair. I might need to invest in some super glue. He he he
oh man! I'm so sorry! I'm pretty sure that i will share your problems in this one. brandon and i are both blind...
Poor thing, I don't think that there is anyway around it. At least he was trying to be careful.
What a sweet boy!! There is nothing worse then having something break when you tried so hard to keep that from happening.
Poor kid! I feel so bad for him. I just got glasses a few months ago to wear while I'm doing ultrasounds at work and I couldn't believe how expensive they were. And I didn't even get the really pricey ones. I can't imagine having all of those people in need of glasses. When my sisters were little my mom always used to tell them "off your face, in the case." It seemed to work pretty well.
Poor guy - it's even worse because he WAS being responsible. Just bust out your mad super glue skills and no one will even know ;)
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