Dude's 4 year check

I still can't believe that I have a 4 year old.... and at the same time I can't believe he's only 4!  He had his regular check up and he did great.  :)  He is starting to even out and not be the biggest kid for his age, which is what we totally expected to begin with.  On the way to the Dr's we were exiting and he saw a sign that said, "Wyoming -->"  So then he said, "that's where Yellowstone is!"  I had no idea what he was talking about so I asked and he said, "Because it said Wyoming is to the right!"  ...  Seriously?  Its pretty amazing that he reads highway signs, but then to correlate that Wyoming to where Yellowstone National Park is is pretty amazing.  We just laughed, shook our heads and thought, 'classic dude.'

During his actual appointment the nurses always ask questions to if their brains are working correctly and she asked if he could say 4-5 word sentences... (ha!) and then if he knew 4-5 colors.  He was playing shy so he wasn't saying a whole lot so Gaetan was just pointing out different things in the room and asking him what they were, so the first one was green and then the second one he pointed to the wall which was an inbetween color and Dude looked at it very carefully and then said, "I think, maybe, it might be tan."  haha.  The nurse almost fell over.  She pretty much said that if he knows what tan is he probably knows what the rest of the basic colors are.  We also had to specify for him that the colors were to be in English too.  The last part that floored them all was the math.  He was getting his blood checked and she asked him what he liked to do at home and he said math.  So, she asked what he knew and he busted out some multiplication.  It literally stopped her in her tracks.  She was super impressed.  :)  And she should be!

He looks like such a little man!

I think I forget that all 4 year olds aren't like this so, so to us it isn't really out of the ordinary.  But, I'm guessing that's not the case... Unfortunately, Dude had to get shots at this appointment so that was my cue to leave.  He did well enough with them but by the end of the day his legs were pretty sore.  Poor Dude got 4 shots... but he is up to date on his immunizations so we can't be to upset about that!

JVG