Learning Through The Pain

Today was a very, VERY busy day. First, I had a bath and breakfast and then Mom said we had to hurry out the door!

We stopped at my doctor's office. We went in and they came out and called my name. Nurse Pat took me back and took my temperature under my arm. Then she made me take my clothes off and get on the weighy thingy. I didn't want to be on there, so I climbed off. And then I rolled off. And then I stood up. She finally just said I weigh 20 pounds. Mom says she's not sure about that. Then she took me in the room and laid me down and made marks on the paper. She measured the marks with a tape thing. She said I was 30 inches. Then she made me do it again because she wasn't sure. Then she said I was 30 inches again. Mom's not sure about that either. Then she did the measure-y thing to my head. 4 times. Sigh. I was kind of glad to see her go.

Dr. Shuler came in and did his things with the little lights and the little spaceship thing. He checked me out all over and said I was a perfect little person. Um, duh... :) Then I heard him talking to Mom about "immunizations". That is fancy, grown-up, don't-scare-the-kids talk for "shots". We waited for a while. Mom put my clothes back on. Then Nurse Pat came back. I was sitting on Mom's lap being really good and that lady stabbed me in the arm! And then the other arm!! I cried and cried. We left that room and I stopped crying. The other nurses that are my friends came out to see me. I played with them. Nurse Pat came to check on me. I screamed when I saw her. Mom said that wasn't very polite, but she said she understood.

We went to Grandmom and Granddad's when we left the doctor and Mom gave me pancakes. :) Everybody was there waiting for us. Everybody but Granddad loaded up in two cars and we left on an adventure. I took a nap.

When I woke up, we were somewhere called the Schiele Museum. More learning. All five of us posed for a picture.

The first thing we did was go in a cave. It wasn't a real cave because we were in a building. But it looked like a cave. Mom seemed nervous. We looked at some things. Then Mom freaked out. There was an owl in the "cave". A real owl. (I have learned that my Mom gets very upset when there are birds around.) Just when we got away from the owl, Mom SUPER freaked out. There were bats. Real ones. Flying around. (I learned today that my Mom is VERY afraid of bats.)

Eep!

Around the corner from all the trauma, we found a really cute raccoon. He was alive and I loved him! He would look right at me and move his little nose. I laughed at him. He was so cute! A little further on, we found a bear. It wasn't alive, but I really liked it too. :)

We looked at lots of animals that weren't alive, but they looked really real. Like this bear.

We saw animals that live now and models of animals that lived a long time ago. We saw some Native American stuff and some rocks. Mom found some puppets, too. I love puppets!

After the museum, we went to get some lunch at Chick-Fil-A. I had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and some applesauce (and some of Mom's french fries). Then we went to a bookstore. Mom got me some books because I had been such a good girl all day. I read one of my new books for a while and then I took a nap on the way home. After I played at Grandmom and Granddad's for a little while, Mom and I came home.

I had a snack and played before dinner. For dinner, I had "pasta primavera". Doesn't that sound fancy? (It was noodles.) I played for a while and then Mom said it was time to clean up. Tonight, I helped her pick up my toys instead of just watching her. She really liked that.

After this busy day, I am definitely ready for bed!!