A hole in the head/ One-eyed Brig

Today was an exciting day because little Eric lost his second AND third tooth! I'm glad the kids are on spring break this week, because they both came out this morning, and there's nothing cuter than the look on the face of a kid who's just lost a tooth. As you can see from the picture (taken by our new computer!), he's very proud. And you may notice Brigham's latest development too- the eye patch. The eye doctor says he needs to wear it for three hours a day, indefinitely...could be a few months, could be a year. At first I felt bad for him, both because he looks so pitiful and because he's almost blind in the other eye. But then I took him to preschool with it on (he's supposed to wear it during the time of day he uses his eyes the most), and within seconds, every boy in the class was crowded around him and worshipfully questioning him about the patch, which was camouflage that day. Apparently, it's way cool to wear a giant band-aid over your eye when you're four years old. He explained that he has a clear eye and a fuzzy eye, and the clear eye never lets fuzzy do any work, so he has to cover him up, to make fuzzy work and get strong. He's been an incredibly good sport about the whole thing.
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In other kid-related news, the boys both got accepted to the year-round school in town, which is supposed to be wonderful, and a big step up from our neighborhood school. This is a HUGE relief, since I'd decided that if they didn't get into another school, I'd homeschool them. The neighborhood school is that bad. We're excited about the year-round schedule, which means they'll be in school during the miserable months of July and August, and have vacation during September and October, which are the two best months of the year in North Carolina.