Aye Mates!

The eye doctor told us that we need to patch Graham's eye for two hours every night while he does close up work. She suggested that we could use masking tape, as long as one eye was covered.

All I have is lime green painter's tape, but we've found that it does the job just fine. Graham runs around the house with a green eye that looks rather creepy, but we've managed to hide him away from society during green eye moments--until the other day.

Not thinking anything of my green-eyed child, we all piled into the car en route to Tim Horton's for an iced cap. We had a couple of sideways glances, but took no thought until we stepped out of the store and Graham cracked up laughing. "What?" I asked as my little man shook with uncontrolable laughter, holding on to his tummy.

"My eye," he finally managed to say, "we forgot to remove the tape!"

The site of him got us all howling at once.

It was so adorable to see this little guy with a creepy looking green eye standing outside the coffee shop shaking with laughter. And I was so proud.

It's a good thing when one can laugh at their short comings with confidence, and my little man showed me that he could.

Dad, on the other hand, got to work crafting a black leather patch for the boy, who's now "Captain Jack Sparrow, of the Black Pearl." Aye Mates!