The Train Madness Continues :)

Today we thought it would be fun to take Drew to Old Sacramento via the light rail to buy some salt water taffy! He's never actually been on the light rail before, he had just been obsessing about it from afar :) The ride was approximately one hour to get to downtown Sacramento and every time the train slowed down he got this confused look on his face and asked "why's the train slowing down, mommy?" and EVERY time I explained it was because other people wanted to ride it too (he knew the answer, he just found it funny to keep asking). We got off right in front of the K Street Mall and headed through a tunnel with beautiful artwork all down the sides (Drew's favorite piece is in the picture) to get to Old Town. We saw a man sitting, playing his guitar & singing so I gave Drew a dollar for him to drop into the man's hat (Drew liked that the man thanked him in song form). We checked out some of the shops and stopped to have sandwiches...at the Train Depot Cafe (shocked, right??) and then headed to the candy shop! Barrels and barrels of salt water taffy called to Drew and he took his bucket and like it was Halloween, added the candy to his growing stash. $15 in saltwater taffy later, it was time to head back to the train to take us back to Folsom! It was perfect timing because Drew was definitely ready for his nap when we got home!

Doctor Appointment Confirms: Super smart...and also kinda little.

Today we headed to the doctor for our 3 year checkup! Andrew was excited to see doctor Jonas at the Folsom Kaiser because it had been so long and he always scores a free book with every visit. The nurse called us back and took down his stats. He's a whopping (or not so whopping...guess it depends on who you ask) 27 pounds and 3' 1.25" tall. That puts him in the 3.72 percentile of kids in weight (that means 96.28% of other kids are heavier than Drew) and his height puts him in the 27.37 percentile range (meaning 72.63% of kids are taller than drew). Even with these numbers, doctor Jonas predicts that he is going to be around 5'11-6'1 when he's older. His blood pressure was 96/54 and his pulse read 120 (perfect for his age from what I was told). I asked if I should be concerned with how small he is now, and she said not to worry. He'll catch up soon enough! Drew has also been blinking a lot lately and I suspected it was a behavioral thing but I wanted to ask to make sure and she said it was absolutely a behavioral trait and to completely ignore it. When he stops the blinking thing, he will pick up on something else. Little attention monkey!

Doctor Jonas could not say enough about how smart she thought Drew was! She was actually preforming kindergarten level tests on him to check his cognitive skills and he aced them no problem! She said we need to get him into preschool asap because he needs a challenge! She also recommended we add a couple drops of fluoride to his water every day (Folsom does not have fluoride already added to the water I guess).

Then came the unpleasant part...shots. He needed the Hepatitis A Vaccine (HAV) and the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV13). He sat on my lap and I held his hands close to his body and braced myself for crying and screaming. But...to my surprise, he took them like a champ! No tears, not even a whimper or a flinch! The nurse was fantastic! Still didn't stop mommy from tearing up a little bit while he was getting them. He got TWO stickers for being so brave (Spiderman and a character from Thomas the Train of course)!

Because Drew was so big and brave, he wanted to go to Jamba Juice to get his most favorite drink...the Orange Dream Machine! While we were sitting in the store, Drew proceeded to tell me all about how brave he is and how he's big like daddy. All I could do was smile and nod proudly :)