She’s only four or so and it couldn’t be predicted what her reaction would be to the fact that glasses will be her constant companion now.

When I heard that they’d arrived and she was using them I made sure to bring my camera and visit. It would be easy to believe that she’d always worn them based on her ease at accepting them. She showed me the little clamshell they came in and the lens wipe on a key chain that cleverly allowed the cloth to be with drawn and then easily packed back into a little case.

I asked if she’d like to do a photo session to capture the moment. She gave it due thought and then said, “Yes. We should. Let’s do a photo shoot.” As with many interactions I have had with Cecilia, it’s not  adult to child. It’s person to person. She has that way about her.

Last week she asked if I have a refrigerator, and upon determining that I qualified, she went to another room and returned with a sticky note upon which she’d written something important. I was instructed to stick it on my refrigerator.

Always thinking ahead, she got shoes and accompanied me to the car when I retrieved the camera. That would prove strategically valuable for her, as she was hoping there might be orange juice in the trunk.

Having scored the one bottle of juice I had, she was ready for the shoot.

The lawn had been thatched and fertilized and was looking pretty sorry, but she wanted pictures taken there

A few minutes later her mom emerged from the house and discovered us on the front lawn, to her horror. It seems the day before her husband had “applied poison” in the form of weed and feed granules so the lawn was off limits. We quickly relocated in the safe lush  back yard. There was shade and we set up under the fir.

Under the shade of the thick canopy of a fir tree we see the prize, the glasses, and the reason both exist: Cecilia. She sees details now that she didn’t know were there

Cecilia was certain that we needed a blanket, so she ran inside to get one.

She got side tracked and tried to engage in the world her siblings were in and didn’t like something they’d done with her page. She brought it to me.

For some reason she abandoned the shoot to play with her brother and sister, who had built a teepee using sticks and a tarp and were in their own world.

Cecilia took the glasses off like she knew what she was doing. She was about to show me that she in fact can braid

When I got her back, Cecilia wanted me to know that she could braid her hair and showed me.

She knows the moves, although they didn’t seem to lead to actual braids

She got this part right, you have to select some strands. But I think it got complicated.

She found that in Practice! She liked the little bag for carrying glasses. It’s like a little purse.