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Thursday, September 27, 2007

{doctors and dentists and school, oh my!}

Yet another busy week for us. Gerard had his shots on Tuesday, and it was not a pleasant experience. He screamed bloody murder during the FOUR shots (two in each leg) and then was miserable for the rest of the day. His left leg is still sore and a bit swollen, but they say that's normal from the DTaP vaccine. Taking off the bandaids was almost worse than getting the shots -- I pulled two of them off without telling him and I thought he was going to pass out from the screaming! The only good part of the whole experience was peeing in a cup. He thought that was pretty cool.

Today he went to the dentist, and luckily that was MUCH better than the doctor. No peeing in a cup, unfortunately, but no shots either. Plus he got to pick out his own toothpaste and help hold the instruments. His exam went so well that he got to pick out a toothbrush, a toy, AND a sticker. What fun!!!

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The other day we made a graph like they did at school, only this time we used m&ms. I'm not sure he's my son, though, because when I told him he could eat the m&ms he said he only wanted ONE so he could save the rest. Huh???? He was concentrating pretty hard, as evidenced by the tongue sticking out:






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Morgan wore one of the sweaters that Aunt Debbie made. Doesn't she look cute?




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And here is Gerard's latest masterpiece; more apples and more sequencing events (now apparently we have to work on gluing them on right-side up!):


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

WOW! Aunt Debbie sure is a good knitter! That's one fancy sweater. And one cute sweatee!

We do graphs in kindergarten, Gerard. Great job! (Mom, don't be so concerned about rightside up or upside down. Ya want everything?)

Debbie said...

Aww, Morgan looks so cute! (Thanks for the compliment, Patti!) Despite Gerard not wanting to gobble down all the m&ms, he is definitely your son. Look at how he rolls his tongue! I love that you're doing these fun educational things with him. You're such a good mommy.

Arleen said...

I must introduce myself
I am Patti's sister-in-law Arleen and she has been sharing your blog with me
(I also know your Mom and Dad and visited with your Mom when I was in Williamsville in August)so I feel connected in a round about way
at any rate I just have to tell you what beautiful children you have and how absolutely talented you are at blogging
I am thoroughly enjoying it
and I saw a million other pictures of your kids when I visited your Mom
cute is an understatement
I hope you don't mind my following your "story" and throwing in my 2 cents every once in a while
p.s.-ask Aunt Debbie if she could possibly share the instructions for that beautiful sweater she made and a little secret for screamless bandaide removal is to do it while in the bathtub - the water loosens the adhesive a little bit
(everything is soooooooooo traumatic when you are 4!!)
thanks again