Summer is ending here, although it isn't a product of the season as much as a product of the massive drought we are facing here in South Carolina. I've noticed a multitude of trees and shrubs in the area surrounding our neighborhood that have shriveled up and turned a horrible shade of reddish black. Our lawn is barely alive, and Mike has loved the fact that he hasn't had to mow the grass more than 10 times this summer. Leaves have started falling, much earlier than normal due to the fact that the trees are so parched they can't hold onto their leaves.
Nugget and I went on a walk yesterday afternoon. It was a nice afternoon, warm and sunny. We noticed the leaves falling around us as we walked and he had a ton of questions about why trees lose leaves, why they change color, when do they grow back? He is so curious all the time and it me me laugh and shake my head when he asks the same question for the 10,000th time.
It really amazes me how fast his little mind spins, and the wonderfully bold way he asserts himself. This child has no idea the meaning of the word hesitate and doesn't care to learn.
We're still waiting on his new pair of glasses. He looks so different without them. I remember last November when he was first diagnosed I was concerned that he would look odd in glasses. I was afraid people would make fun of him, or he would be labeled in some way. But they've become such a part of him and the only comment we ever hear from others is how cute he looks in glasses. My favorites are the little old coupon grandmas in line at the grocery store who ask me if his glasses are 'real.' As if I would go through the torture of having to deal with sticky fingerprints on lenses, $300 frames he'll outgrow in a year, and the never ending chorus of "Put your glasses on your face" all day long just so my child would look studious?!?
Here is some sans-glasses cuteness from yesterday afternoon:
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