Well check

FIVE!  That sounds so old right now, from this seat!  I can't believe I have a five year old - an elementary school kid.  And as I was informed the other day, I am the parent to THAT kid in the play area that was being too rough and trying to "shoot" all of the girls with his friends.  Yes, I was informed of this the day after it happened.  You see we met our friends at Chic-fil-a for lunch and let the kids play on the play area.  The next day I took Brett for his well check (more on that later) and as soon as we walked in we saw this sweet little girl with white blonde hair and blue eyes and she just looked at Brett.  Then she said (loudly), "YOU are the boy at Chic-fil-a that was trying to shoot at me!  Your Kate was nice, but you were not!"  Clearly, Brett made an impression on this child and she felt the need to announce it to everyone in the waiting room at the pediatrician!  Lovely.  I especially like that she said "Your Kate" instead of "your sister" because she and Kate hit it off nicely and played in there together for an hour or so, that is once we stopped the boys from fake shooting them, of course.  Geesh.


Anyway, back to the well visit, it went well!  We just had his well check on Friday, so here are the new stats.

• Height - 47.5 inches (greater than 97th percentile)
• Weight - 45 inches (75th percentile)
• Vision 20/20 both eyes
• Hearing - passed

Seriously, who's kid is this?!?!  He was the tallest kid in his class this year.  Have you seen us?  We're not tall people, at all.  If he didn't look exactly like Todd, I'm pretty sure that I'd be accused that he wasn't really related!  Obviously, he is very healthy, including the CBC and urine test that they did in the office.  We also had to complete the 5 year old ASQ and he passed with flying colors.  Here is a quick highlight of some of the things he's currently doing:

• Easily follows 3 step commands
• Talks in full sentences, paragraphs, etc. - easily, usually using the correct tense (-ed words)
• Enjoys throwing and catching a large ball; we're working on throwing and catching a softball too - he's doing very well so far!
• Hops on one foot at a time with ease
• Runs, fast, always
• Continuing to work on fine motor skills - tracing lines is a difficult task, but he enjoys drawing people (very detailed - fingers, fingernails, shirts, pants, socks, shoes, hair, eyes, nose, mouth, ears, etc.); he enjoys practicing writing his letters; he can write his name easily
• Recognizes all numbers and letters (uppercase and lowercase)
• Can use scissors, but would rather not
• Will proudly announce that he's in the "100 club" (he can count to and past 100)
• Able to feed himself and will eat almost anything that's given to him, although pineapple and kiwi are NOT favorites!
• Able to dress himself and likes to pick out his clothes himself - he'll even ask to make sure it matches!
• Able to brush his own teeth (we go back and brush again though)
• Enjoys trying to wash his own hair and clean himself
• Knows full name, birthday, address, and phone number

He is truly a sweet sweet boy and is a good friend to his classmates.  He loves to help and he loves to be recognized for a job well done.  His feelings are easily hurt if he is scolded for inappropriate behavior.  He is super-excited about Kindergarten at TFS and can't wait to be with the "big kids."  His favorite toys are Transformers, with matchbox cars and Legos close behind!  He'll stop anything for a chance to watch an episode of the 1980's Transformers on TV!  We love this sweet funny boy (even if he does try to shoot girls on the playground)!