We had the kids annual exams scheduled for this morning.  I have been talking to both John and Gillian about going to the doctor and how we are going to be brave and do what the doctor asked.  I have even been sing that Doc McStuffin check up song.  For those of you that don’t have Disney Junior on all the time, Doc McStuffin is a little girl that repairs toys.  She also has a little song about check ups.  Check out the video below:

I thought that by singing the song that Gillian would understand that the doctor was just going to look in her ears and eyes and everything would be fine.  Well we got to the doctor’s office and John was great.  He stood on the scale and got weighted and measured.  He also sat still and had his blood pressure taken.  He said “This doesn’t hurt at all!  It tickles!”  He also had his hearing tested.  He listened to the nurses instructions and raised his hand every time he heard a beep.  Next they tested his eye sight.  Again he was awesome.  Then it was Gillian’s turn to get weighted.  She wasn’t so sure about the big scale.  John told her “It’s really easy.  Did you see me?  I was brave!”  The nurse and I agreed to weigh and measure her in the baby room.  This way all she had to do was sit in the chair to get weighed and then lay down to get measured.  She sat still, but I had to hold her down in order to get her height. 

We had some down time in the exam room while we waited for some paperwork to be filled out.  John sat in the doctor’s chair and checked out all the tools on the table.  He loved playing with the doctor’s reflex hammer.  It was shaped like a dinosaur.  John said “It looks like a dinosaur.  But it has a long neck, but long-neck dinosaurs don’t have spikes on their neck.  It kinda looks like a dragon.  Mom, you know what kind of dinosaur it looks like?”  I was completely intrigued by his whole thought process here.  Of course I said no, what kind of dinosaur does it look like.  He says “Amargasaurus!”  I didn’t know if that was true or not.  I had never heard of an Amaragsaurus before (in case you are interested, check out this link to learn more about the Amargasaurus).  But he does know his dinosaurs.  I did get a picture of him holding the reflex hammer. 

The doctor came in and again John was awesome.  He did everything the doctor asked.  Then it was Gillian’s turn.  Again, she didn’t want the doctor to look in her ears or her eyes or listen to her heart.  Dr. Yee said “she’s feisty!”  Yup, that’s my girl.  Everything checked out fine.  Both kids are growing and doing the appropriate things for their age.  Next came the shots.  Gillian got two shots.  They did the second one and she just cried and cried.  John was brave, but he did shed some tears.  I hate to have them cry, but I know that John was really in pain while Gillian was her typical dramatic self.  Dr. Yee said “John you get three lollipops because you had three shots.”  As soon as Dr. Yee said lollipops.  Gillian stopped crying and said “Lollipop!”