On the edge

We went to the carnival this weekend and Kyle was just in between the "little" rides and the big rides. He still kind of wanted to ride the cars and motorcycles, but new they were for little kids and he kind of wanted to ride the big ones, but was still a little afraid. He ended up riding both, but only because I told him that Grant really needed him to ride the little rides with him. I can't believe how much he has grown up since just last year. He had to get a chicken pox booster shot last week and he didn't even cry. We still had to make our post doctor trip Target for a snack and some retail therapy, but last year, I had to carry him into the office, carry him back to the room and sit on him while he got shots. At least the flu vaccine is available as nasal spray which is a huge relief since this is the first year he has gotten it and will need a second dose in a month. I took Grant for just the flu vaccine after Kyle's appointment and he said "Oh, tank you for getting me my medicine mom". He is still in the habit of "tanking" us for the most mundane things (picking him up from preschool, dropping dad of to get his rental car, etc). He is also enjoying his new task of waking Kyle up in the morning. He always runs full speed to find me after he wakes up and asks to go wake him up and then says "Kyle Josephina, get out of that bed". Kyle is of course less then thrilled with the new arrangement.