A Loss and A Gain

Cooper lost a tooth last week. I was hoping it was his front right tooth which had been hanging sideways for at least a month, but it wasn't. 

Then on Saturday morning Bryan and I were awakened to yells of "Cooper knocked out his teeth!" In walked Cooper, holding not one, but two front teeth. He and Peter had been playing the classic game Throw Stuffed Animals At Each Other's Heads. Cooper ducked to avoid being hit by a snuggly friend and smacked his mouth on his knee. And now he can't say the letter s.

Close to the time we moved here, Peter started complaining that he couldn't see and needed glasses. Because I am clearly an awesome mom, I kept putting off making an eye doctor appointment for him. A few weeks ago he had a school physical (because that's something that NJ schools require) and the nurse reported that Peter had 20/70 vision in one eye and 20/100 in the other. That was the push I needed. He went to the eye doctor soon after.

He is thrilled with his new glasses. I think he looks very handsome in his new accessory. Phoebe must like them too, because since she found out that Peter would be getting glasses, she's been telling me that she needs them too. When asked if she had trouble seeing, she said yes, that she couldn't see anything at all. Since she doesn't walk into walls, I think she may be exaggerating a bit...

One final note about his glasses: they're magic. He wore them on Sunday and he was unusually well behaved. I mean, he was sweet and helpful and cheerful. He folded all his laundry and then he folded Sophie's too. I pointed out the power that his glasses held. Right before bed he told me that he tested the theory. "I took my glasses off and then there was chaos!"