Shadow's EnChroma glasses came in.

Shadow's EnChroma glasses came in.  I have several minutes-long videos, but they probably aren't all that interesting to anyone who isn't us.  LOL  The glasses can take some time to adjust to, so unfortunately, not everyone has that crazy, emotional "HOLY WOW" moment full of tears and all that.  We would fall into the less exciting group of people on this as his transition seemed to be pretty gradual, but none the less interesting.

Shortly after putting them on we went into the house from the porch to see if he could play his video games without colorblind mode.  He definitely could, so that was awesome.  After playing around and looking at different colors on the TV screen we decided to go and eat.  Had Los Arcos for dinner and checked out the menus and the light fixtures (stained glass).  Then came the real fun:  Brightly-lit, full of color, WAL-MART.

I can honestly say that I've never been more happy to spend an hour walking around in Wal-Mart.  He said that things were really "popping out" in there.  (His glasses are almost as dark as sunglasses; they are meant to be able to be worn both indoors and outdoors, but the more brightly-lit indoors works best.)  So, the brightly-colored summer clothing, the nail polish, the yarn, the flowers, the cereal aisle - we hit them all.  😃

When we went in he was still confusing some colors (keep in mind that he's having to re-learn colors now, basically), but by the time we left he was doing pretty well at telling blue and purple apart, which seemed to be giving him the most trouble at first.  At one point he said that he felt a little overwhelmed, but he likes his glasses so much that he said he never wanted to take them off.  It's definitely made a difference for him.  He said that everything looks less drab and flat with them on.  I'm so excited that he finally got a pair.  I really can't thank GrandMeta enough.