Mermaid

I think she'd spend all her time in the water if she could.

Jasmine's climbed her way on to the growth charts, under 5% for both height and weight, but on the chart, gosh darn it.

She also is moving up to three days a week in preschool which should give that mighty brain of hers more to do than watch me try to get back into the swing of school myself. She's picking up words at a phenomenal rate and very carefully practicing her enunciation.

We also just got her latest eye checkup, we do it every six months or so. I was wondering if her prescription had changed since she suddenly lost interest in her glasses. At first, she would wear them from the moment she got up till she fell asleep, but the last couple of months, I couldn't keep them on her at all. Turns out, her prescription has gone from the -3 diopter range to the -9 diopter range, much more near-sighted than before. The doctor said it was a typical part of albinism and not to worry. So, sometime this week her new glasses should come in (rose-tinted even) and she should be able to see a fair amount more.

I wouldn't have guessed that she could see less than before. She's pointing out many things in pictures: clothing, gender of people, activities, parts of the body, etc. Even in fairly low contrast situations, she's correctly identified bowls and belts and so forth. Jasmine watches her brothers and has an uncanny knack for imitating not only their words, tone and voice, but also their body language. She also seems far less light sensitive than before. The doctor said those advances were probably due to her using and practicing using her eyes and coming up with effective coping techniques. Wow.