Do you recognize this child??

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Give up?

It's Owen minus the bright red goggles AND with his new contacts in!
Doesn't it age him considerably? (that's the sad part)

At his last eye doctor appointment, the doctor mentioned that around the age of 10 - we could talk about getting contacts. Owen was all WHY? WHY would I want to lose the red goggles? But then the doctor explained that it would probably help w/ soccer. It would improve his peripheral vision on the field, etc. Owen began to think...

A few days later, he played a soccer game in the rain and couldn't see a thing. His glasses were soaked - there was nothing to dry them on (since he was completely drenched), and he remembered what the doctor said....He also remembered how his glasses would fog up in the summer heat.

He decided it was time to see about contacts.

Fast forward about a week later, and he's doing great! It still takes him about 5 minutes per eye to pop them in - but he can get them out quickly. He's so far, really, really happy with them.

I kind of miss the red goggles.