Annual checkup

Jack had his 6 year old checkup today. Six! Time flies.

- I picked him up at school and we walked home. He kept wanting to take his jacket off because the sun was out. I kept pushing it back up on his shoulders. He kicked at every snowbank, I think, on the 15-minute walk home.

- We went to Mr. Ruvo's to get his haircut. I read him the Billy Goats Gruff book, since we've done it every time we've been there for almost 4 years now. It's missing a few pages in the middle and I'm still not sure how the little Billy Goat Gruff made it across the bridge. Jack sat relatively still, laughed when the barber tried to shave his neck, and eagerly collected the lollipop ("And one for Kate," which he actually gave to her.)

- Went to the Dr., where they did height and weight (almost 4 inches and 5 pounds since last year), had him read the eye chart with a spoon-like thing held over one eye (I held my breath hoping he wouldn't need glasses yet, he's too young!) -- he passed with flying colors -- and asked him to write his first name. "It's a short one..." she said, and I said, well, he can write his last name too. I looked: he wrote first, last, and middle. Didn't act like it was a big deal.

- She asked him if he ate fruits and vegetables; I was glad to hear him mention "broccoli" and of course carrots, which seem to be his favorite. Showed him the food wheel ("It's important to have lots of color," she said, which he repeated back to her a few minutes later) and the activity pyramid (a little of this - TV - more of this - walking, riding a bike - plenty of this - swimming, running, sports).

- Had him bend over to touch his toes so she could check out his back (aces); checked his ears, eyes, mouth, heart. As she finished each thing he asked her, "No shot?" And: "Shot?" No shot this year.

- Despite being mildly worried about having a shot, Jack was really relaxed about the whole thing. Like he knew he was great but was happy to play along anyway.

- He got stickers afterward, and also got one for Kate (Pluto). At home, they put the sticker on a piece of paper, and he drew her a Pluto in yellow marker. Then he cut it out, and Kate happily took it up to her room to show it to her baby.