Future's so bright

We have two pairs of sunglasses for Alex.  Admittedly, one pair is a squink too big for his face, but it is totally usable.  But he will only wear them for .4 seconds.  Just enough time to smile at us and get us to gush about how cool he looks.  And then he yanks them off his face.

The problem with this is that he has very light blue eyes.  And the lighter the color your eyes, the more sensitive to sunlight they are.  So he is constantly squinting and saying it's too bright, while his eyes are watering and sending tears streaming down his little cheeks.  Yet he refuses to give in to the glorious retinal shade producing magic of sunglasses.

So every sunny morning, on the way to day care, this is his solution: