Where does the time go? It is hard to believe my big boy Koen is 4 years old. His birthday was pretty mundane. He requested Mickey Mouse pancakes for his birthday breakfast and then we went to Tegan's swim class. After that we went to view a couple of daycare/preschools for the boys as I will be going back to work next week. Koen seemed to enjoy the school tours after he discovered most classrooms had trains. :o) After our morning errands Tegan, Koen and I went by AJ's for the boys to pick out their very special birthday treat. Koen had a very hard time deciding and I think he wanted absolutely everything in the display case at one point. He finally decided on a personal Boston Cream Pie. When I asked Tegan what he wanted he ran over to the whole chocolate truffle cake and said he wanted that one. :o) Smart kid! I explained he had to get a personal sized treat so he settled on a pretty butterfly sugar cookie with purple frosting. (Looked WAY to sugary and sweet but Tegan seemed to enjoy it!) We sat on the patio under the misters and talked. Koen had many questions as to why his birthday party wasn't the same day as his actual birthday. He was a little upset by this and wanted his party "right now!" When daddy finally got home from work Koen was able to open his birthday present from us. He got a gigantic 10 wheel remote control crane and he is in love with it! All of his presents from aunties and uncles and grandparents will wait until his party on Saturday at the gymnastics center. At the end of the day when I was putting Koen to bed he asked me "will it still be my birthday tomorrow?" I said "no honey just today". He got very sad and said he wanted it to still be his birthday. :o( It makes me remember having birthdays when I was little and what a HUGE deal it was. I told him that he still had his birthday party on Saturday to look forward to but he was still a little sad. Poor little guy!
The day after Koen’s birthday we went to his 4yr check up. He saw Dr. Aaron instead of his usual doctor. (Dr. Curran) Dr. Aaron asked Koen if he knew his abc’s and Koen said yes so Dr. Aaron asked him to sing them to him. Koen walked to the middle of the exam room and placed his hands on his hips (he wearing nothing but his underwear mind you) and belt out the abc’s all the way to the “won’t you sing (big breath) WITH (big breath) MEEEEEEEEEE!” After Koen’s performance the doctor told me I had to get it on video. I guess my big guy is just a born performer! Hahaha Koen doesn’t seem to be growing as fast as he once was. He was only in the 90th percentile for height (42.3inches) and just above the 60th percentile for weight (37lbs).
While at his appointment Koen had to get his eyes and hearing checked. The nurse tried to lead us all to the screening room and as we got in the hallway koen told me “You could stay here mom. I could do this all by myself.” So back to the exam room Tegan and I went while the “big boy” went to have his testing done. I guess he turns 4 and already doesn’t need his mommy anymore! :o( When the exam was all done the doctor informed us that Koen was due for 5 vaccinations. I asked to split them up so he was getting three that day. Tegan also needed two vaccinations. I reminded Koen of our Bernstein Bears book about going to the doctor when sister bear gets her vaccination and she is so brave and doesn’t even cry. So the two nurses come in and koen tells them “I want to go first! I am going to be soooo brave! I’m not even going to cry! I’m going to be just like sister bear!” (the nurses are laughing) So the first shot goes in and he jumps but doesn’t cry then the second shot goes in and he goes “aaah!” then the third shot goes in (this one burns) and he SCREAMS and starts crying! This causes Tegan to FREAK out and then all hell breaks loose! Tegan was so upset by the time it was his turn, it was such a mess! Now I know, they do NOT get shots the same day!
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