I am going to take Thursday off for Logan’s birthday festivities, so I worked today instead but only until 3:15pm as Logan had a doctor visit at 4pm.  His doctor called me during the day to let me know about the strict vaccination requirement for his new school and that Logan should receive his vaccines after he turned four.  She offered me a choice of either postponing the appointment today or keeping the appointment for check up and bringing Logan back for for vaccines later.  I chose the latter.  When I arrived the school to pick Logan up which was at a much earlier time than usual, Logan told me “Mommy, I don’t want to go home yet”.  But after I reminded him that we were going to go visit my work hospital and go see his doctor, he hurried to get his lunch bag.

    After checking in, we hung out near the waiting area.  Logan seemed very excited in the new environment.  We found a big U-shape table that Logan was happily sitting by it and kept telling me that he was a doctor.  While he was reading some books, I answered the medical questionnaire.  One of the questions was to check if the child can draw a happy face, so I asked Logan to draw me one.  He ended up drawing Mommy, Daddy and Connor all on his own which was a lot more impressive than his usual drawing of explosions.  Even the medical assistant and the doctor were happy to see his drawings on the paper.  The MA took us in to check his weight, height and blood pressure; Logan was very cooperative with all that.  She then took us into a room to do the audio test.  Logan was a bit hesitant seeing the headset, but after explanation and holding my hand, he agreed to cooperate.  He waved his hand with a smile every time when he heard the beep.  Then it was the vision test.  He followed the lead by covering one eye and calling out the shapes as she pointed to them.  Logan was whispering out the words softly but correctly.  The MA was pointing to mostly circles the rest of the exam; I did hope that Logan was truly seeing the correct shapes rather than just repeating “circles” many times in a row.

    One thing Logan did not really want to do was taking off his clothes, but after a little convincing, he allowed me helping him into the gown.  When the doctor arrived, Logan was being shy but did answer some questions.  He however looked smiley away from her when asked about his favorite vegetables.  I talked with the doctor about a couple of things.  As Logan had not required nebulizer for a long time, she considered what he had as reactive airways rather than asthma.  Yay!  Asthma off his chart!  As his growth is in good progress, she felt that we don’t have to worry about his preference for small meals and having snacks in between.

    The doctor then proceeded with the exam.  She was very good with Logan and so Logan allowed her listening to his chest, looking into his eyes, mouth and ears.  He did get nervous when he was laid down to have his tummy check, so I held his hand for comfort again.  Everything checked out well, and we said our thank you to the doctor.  Here are his stats.

Weight = 38.2lbs (69% down from 83% last year)

Height = 42inch (85% up from 79%)

BMI = 15.2 (33%)

BP = 98/57  P = 85

     After the prior weekend of traveling, we decided to take it easy this week; we even declined a birthday party.  It was a very hot day yesterday, so we spent more time inside the house.  In between, we ran an errand to Costco, and we played with water toys in the shade.  For dinner, we went out to have Japanese food instead of cooking.  Both Logan and Connor enjoyed the gyoza.  Connor seemed so excited during dinner that he kept looking around checking the environment.  We had to constantly remind him to sit still.  We also recently realized that Connor is very loud; with the limited words that he can say, Connor was still able to make lots of noise during dinner.  Toward the end of the dinner, the waitress brought the boys a scoop of strawberry ice cream each.  Logan was so excited that he hurried to finish his food before enjoying it.  Connor on the other hand did not even care to try it, so Stuart ended enjoying it on his behalf.

    The temperature today was more tolerable, so we went to our recent favorite park to play.  We decided to pack a lunch to have a picnic too; it was actually very nice in the shade.  We made some little sandwiches to encourage Logan to try them; he actually enjoyed a simple ham sandwich while Connor chose a cheese one.  They played at the structures and with the trac-balls for awhile.  We all had a great time but finally had to go home to take a nap.

    This evening we planned to barbeque.  I had marinated some beef using the inspiration from the work dinner I went to few days ago.  After nap, the neighbors down the street came down to play with the boys, and we ended up hanging out for a long time.  The party finally ended when Logan cried after his hand being squished by Connor accidentally closing the mailbox on it.  We went back inside the house to make dinner; we eventually baked the meat in the oven instead as it was late.  It wrapped out a nice relaxing weekend.  Happy Father’s Day to Stuart too.  Now we are going to enjoy some dessert too.

    The boys had another bonding opportunity with daddy today.  The school had its Teacher Appreciation Day today where it closed at 12noon.  I dropped off the kids as usual in the morning before going to work.  Stuart was able to take the day off, but he ended up attending an important teleconference in the morning and did some work, then it was time to pick up the kids.  He got to school around 11am, picked the boys up, then grabbed some lunch before going home.  After eating, Stuart put Connor down for nap, then Logan afterward.  Logan got to play Wii for a little bit before Connor woke up from a longer nap.  They all then headed out to the library, and they had fun there as usual.  According to Stuart, Logan was very content reading his superhero book at a table. Connor found a couple of books that he was very interested in, and sat next to Logan and tried to read.  They did that for awhile before moving on to the computers.  Logan played at the Nick Jr website while Connor insisted on sitting at the adjacent computer next to Logan again.  When Stuart checked out the books, Connor was making sure that his two books were checked out too.  Stuart had to finally convince the boys to leave the library to go home.  They spent the remaining afternoon playing in the yard and took a walk around the neighborhood. 

   In the evening, the boys were excited to read their new books.  Connor carried those two books from the living room to the bathroom counter for bath, then moved them with us to the bedroom for bedtime reading.  He really likes the two books (Wheels on the Bus & Down by the Bay)!

     Last night was my work dinner, so Stuart spent the entire evening with the boys by himself.  He picked up the kids from school, drove them home to play for awhile before he set up dinner for everyone.  They ate well, played a little more, then Stuart got both of them in bath.  After bath, Stuart helped them into their pajamas, then he asked Logan to read some books on his own while he put Connor down.  Stuart read a few books to Connor, cuddled him a bit then put him down.  Logan was still reading and waiting patiently when Stuart came back to him, but right away, Connor called for daddy.  Logan did not mind as Stuart had to leave again.  After a few more minutes, Stuart finally returned to read to Logan before he went down to sleep too.

     After a big dinner and an evening of catching up with coworkers, I came home and swapped stories with Stuart.  What a great job Daddy did!  Logan did well helping daddy out too.

     On Tuesday night upon returning from the trip, I was worried how well the kids would go to sleep in their own rooms after sleeping with us the past 4 nights.  However, they followed the usual routine of reading, and went down to sleep very well without any complaints.  The next morning when I dropped off the kids, there was no crying at all either.  Connor was excited to look around his classroom and was happy to give me a goodbye hug.  Logan tugged my leg briefly, but then just walked into his classroom causally.  I was surprised how well the boys returned to their routine.

     I forgot to mention about Dino, a little orange dinosaur that was given to Logan at the Casa Bonita.  Since then, Logan is very fond of it and carries it around often.  He asks to sleep with it along with Teddy at night too.  A couple of days later, when we left the house, I forgot to put Dino on the upper shelf, and as a result, doggie Abby got hold of Dino and bit away one of the eyes.  When we returned to Dora’s, Logan asked for Dino, so we had to present the damaged toy to him.  We told him about the “the big owie”, and how it happened per Logan request.  Dora offered to put a bandage over the lost eye to cover the hole, and Logan agreed.  After that, Logan loves it as much as before which we were a bit surprised and also proud of him.  And Logan did not resent Abby for damaging his toy; instead, he just kept reminding us to put all toys out of reach of the doggies.