Deidrah's keeping us on our toes this Fall...

Labor Day greeted Deidrah with a nasty case of poison ivy... I don't know if nasty even remotely gets the picture across... poison ivy from head to toe (literally) would be more accurate. It's the end of September now and she still has remnants of it. As the poison ivy was clearing up, we had a family dip in the hot tub. We didn't realize just how sensitive her skin was until she broke out in hives! We are still dealing a bit with that also. Two days into the hives, we get a call from the school nurse who is informing us that she has failed the vision test at school and needs glasses. Thinking she might be excited about it(her favorite American Girl, Molly, has glasses and one of her best friends), I excitedly told her. FOOLED ME! Evidently she was made fun of during her vision test (the one she failed), things like, "Deidrah, you can't miss that many! If you miss that many, you'll have to get glasses! If you have to get glasses, you won't have as many friends!" After the tears had been shed, prayers had been prayed, and she went to school and told all her friends about it, she excitedly went and picked out her first pair of eyeglasses. We took two friends from school with us, so they could help her get a good pair (their words). Left to right: Lindsey, Veronica and Deidrah posing in matching glasses, just for fun. Up top, Deidrah is wearing the glasses she picked out... Hannah Montana frames, of course!