Appointment August

I am officially declaring this month Appointment August.

So far, we have the following scheduled between today and August 25, when the kids go back to school:

• Three eye exams (on three different days)*
• Four doctor visits (two on one day and two on another)
• One orthodontist appointment
• Four dentist visits (thankfully, all on the same day)

I'm hoping to squeeze in haircuts for IM and EM as well. (Michael normally cuts the kids' hair, but these two like the occasional professional cut.)

And, since EM's orthodontist appointment is the official "Yes, we are going ahead with braces" visit, there's a good chance he'll have another appointment to actually install them sometime this month.

Thankfully, Michael is a modern dad and does his fair share of appointment driving.

* Yes, really. Could I have done a worse job of planning? The initial appointment time (set up last year) turns out to conflict with IM's theater camp. And it is also 17 days too early for the insurance to cover EM's visit. The health insurance pays for one eye exam every two years and they figure it down to the day. Really. So EM's visit, in order to be covered, could be no earlier than August 19. And by the time I figured that out, there was no way to get all three kids seen at the same time before school started.