[Previous Chase updates: 6 years, 2nd year of school, 5 years, starting school, 4 years, 3 years, 25-32 months, 2 years, 15-20 months, 1+ year, first four months in Cambridge, data analysis from first 2 months, first few months]
After having lived pretty much his whole life in Switzerland, Chase adjusted quite well to school and life in the US. We toyed with the idea of having a party, but since the pandemic is still going and the children are not yet vaccinated, we didn't want to take that risk. Thankfully, a few other kids have had birthday parties, so he's been able to interact with friends outside of school a bit. His main challenge in school has been reading in English (something that he obviously didn't do in his French school in Switzerland). He has improved a lot and should be ok by the summer. Other than that, he seems to be doing great with everything else.
Chase's birthday this year fell on the first Monday of Spring Break. Nate and I took the day off so we could spend the whole day together going to the aquarium in Norwalk. Chase not only adores the beach and seashells, but also loves all sea creatures. He had a great time there. We opened presents on Zoom with the two sets of grandparents in the evening. One present was the game Sequence, which he is amazingly good at and regularly beats us at when we play.
The other thing that happened to Chase this year (in May) is that he finally had surgery for his eyes. We knew that he would have to have this surgery around this age (I talked about the issue a few years ago here and many pictures feature his eye patch that he wore for a total of 5 years), but it snuck up on us quite quickly! The surgery itself was quite intense as Chase couldn't (wouldn't?) open his eyes the whole first day. But, he quickly recovered after that and seems to be doing quite well. He still needs glasses because he is far sighted (unrelated to the strabismus itself) but his eyes in the pictures after this are looking straight and coordinated.
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