It was the first 'flag day' of the school year; one would think it would be called off due to the 100% possibility of getting wet while standing in the courtyard area where the flags are, but it wasn't. An overhead announcement stated that the storm was moving on and all would be fine at the start of the 'flagpole ceremony', which was less than three minutes away. Well, the storm hadn't moved on by then (surprise, surprise) and pretty much everyone got wet, except for the lucky few that actually had umbrellas. Some of us Arizonan's actually do... we even have two! (sounds like the rhyming from a 'cat in the hat' kinda book, doesn't it? i've been reading too many kids books lately). I was planning to take my camera to the flagpole ceremony, but I didn't want it to get wet. After Bailey and I dropped Caitie off, we went back to the truck and I pulled up a bit and got a pic of the end of the flagpole ceremony... which lasted about two minutes, if that. As you can see in the pic below, everyone was scurrying off to their classes... I'm sure glad they made time for that 'speed of light' flagpole ceremony... I'm sure it was a memorable one for everyone. ha
I picked Caitie up from school early that day; she and Bailey had a dr's appointment that afternoon. I don't usually take Caitie out of school for dr's appointments, I don't like to interfere with school time, but I had the appointment scheduled for some time, and it included allergy testing, and that was the best time of day for it. It felt strange picking her up just a couple of hours after dropping her off.
It was time for Caitie's annual check-up, and past-due for Bailey's two year check-up. Neither of them needed shots, they're up-to-date on those. I think I posted stats on Caitie's annual check-ups for the first few years, so I'll do the same for Bailey; what I can remember of them, anyway. Let me see... Bailey weighed in at around 26 pounds, I believe, and she's around three feet tall. She's 30 percentile on weight and head size, and 90 percentile on height, so she's still long and lean. Caitie is on the thin side, but that's the way it's been since day one. As I mentioned above, Caitie got an allergy test that day. I thought it was going to be by pricking her back several times to test for different allergens, but all they did was take blood. Caitie thought she had it made when she found out she didn't need any shots, but then freaked out when she realized they were going to stick a needle in her arm to draw blood. It took me, the person drawing blood, and a nurse, to hold her down to get her blood drawn. Once it was over, she calmed down and after getting a sucker at check-out, she was okay. Caitie also had her eyes checked; she complained of having slight blurriness when looking at things far away. Her vision is 20/30, which means nothing is to be done at this point; she'll be tested again next year to see if it's changed. In the pic below you can see that Caitie's right arm has a bandaid/cotton ball... poor thing. Bailey escaped the needle this time.
