Annual Trip to the Doctor

This morning we had our annual check-up appointment for Madison, and she did fabulous. She handled everything so well, even the flu shot. It helps that we were sort of acting things out with her toy doctor set - Madison will go around checking temperatures, ears, eyes and her favorite part: giving a shot.

It wasn't really her favorite part at the doctor's office, but she was certainly more fearless than Daddy has ever been. She sort of giggled at the surprise of getting the shot, which cracked everyone up - I think she knew it was a shot, but it was sort of a sudden, scary thing that got her laughing. I'm sure this was the first time they ever gave a shot and the child started laughing afterwards!

As mentioned earlier, she did wonderfully today. Later on, there was ballet practice once more, where she acted as if she were a caterpillar to begin with - and then went into her cocoon. Then, finally, she emerged as a beautiful butterfly, fluttering about.

It was a quiet day for us, as we're all still recovering a bit from illnesses and so forth. Madison got a prescription for her cough, as it may be allergies bothering her this season. Daddy's prescription was different: shepherd's pie. Yes, that's right: shepherd's pie. Mommy made delicious shepherd's pie for lunch, and that's the sort of thing to get everyone feeling better in no time. It worked for Daddy, anyway!