Oh, I see how it is

Gracie's been telling us for weeks that she can't see the blackboard at school. (Blackboard? That's probably not right. Do they even have blackboards any more?) So on Tuesday she had an appointment with the optometrist.

First the nurse gave Gracie the standard "read-the-letters-on-the-chart" test. She failed miserably. Nurse probably wondered why the girl wasn't walking into walls. An 8-year-old should not be this blind.

Next she went in with the doctor, who did some other tests, dilated her eyes, etc. Something wasn't adding up. She left the room and came back with a pair of glasses. Gracie put them on and did the eye chart test thingy again.

Guess what? She read it perfectly. Amazing! Miraculous!

Guess what else? The glasses were fake. My child was trying to pull one over on us. Apparently, glasses are very fashionable, and Gracie wanted a pair.

Here she is sporting glasses with her nerd costume at Halloween.