Luke's READY for Kindergarten

Yesterday Luke had his Kindergarten shots and 5 year well child exam.  Yes his birthday was in January and its now mid April, poor 3rd kid :)  He was nervous for the shots but took it like a trooper.  We have an AMAZING pediatrician and she has been ours for all three boys.  Her name is Dr Tillisch and she is kind, gentle, always smiling, and positive...she pretty much ROCKS!

Anyway here is how the day went.  Luke comes to work with me on Tuesdays, so on our way to work I informed him of the upcoming events of the afternoon.  He began to FREAK out.  We talked about it and he said he could probably do the shots IF I took him to Arby's for curly fries, thus begins the bribery.  I say no problem bud. 
He then starts the negotiation. 
Luke--"Mom IF I do not freak out, and IF I am really brave can you give me 10 monies (aka $10)" 
Me-"What do you need 10 monies for?"  
Luke-"Oh and then I will need you to take me to Target"
Me-"Luke is it for Lego's"
Luke-  "Of course mom, boys who are brave and who don't FREAK out with shots need monies for Lego's."
Me- "ok bud"  Honestly thinking, he will freak and I will say at least we went to Arbys :)

So when we arrive he seems unusually calm...he is weighed, measured, and his arm gets a hug (blood pressure)  THEN the nervous giggling begins, the fidgety silliness begins...He has his hearing checked and when he raises his arm to signal that he heard the beep, he forgets to put it down, creating a very confusing hearing test.  I realize he is so nervous he can't hold still.  So I say to him..."Honey if you FREAK out its ok, shots are scary but necessary."  He says his famous "Mom, I'm fine"  Then the eye test, he will definitely need glasses someday......

THEN  the piece de resistance...HE GOT TO PEE IN A CUP.  If you have a little boy you know this brings them a tremendous amount of joy.  Apparently my son watches a little too much Discovery Channel because  as I was helping him with this he says to me..."are we gonna have to drink it? You know like Bear on Man vs Wild?"  Oh Lord...I couldn't help but laugh it was in a cup after all...I quickly explained that we would not be drinking it!  That they would be examining some of it to make sure he was ok....He then said "Can I at least bring it home so my brothers can see it?"  Oh Lukey...I doubt they want to see it...So I said "That's DISGUSTING"  and we laughed...ALOT.

Then the exam, we giggled through that too.  Dr Tillisch and I giggled as we remembered when Tommy was in for his exam and how he screamed stranger danger when Dr Tillisch tried to examine his private area.  She had to explain what she was doing and that she was safe...guess I did an EXCELLENT job on training Tommy that no one touches his privates but him.  OOPS!!

Next the shots,  he did not cry, he did not FREAK, and he insisted on seeing the blood...oh my Lukey...I guess you are ready for Kindergarten.  Even though it doesn't start next week like you are insisting upon.  And yes we went to Target, remind me not to bet against you again :) 

I am sad that you will soon be a Kindergartner....but I will cope with that later!  LOVE YOU BUDDY! 

PS....no more Discovery Channel for you! :)