Back to School Step 1&2

It's that time of year again, as we start to prepare for going back to school. Item number 1 on the list was paperwork and with four little ones boy was there a lot of it. I still haven't gone and did Gabriella's Kindergarten enrollment it is my list of things to do tomorrow. But for the little kids it is already done. so today for item number number 2 on the list, the most dreaded of all for a mother of six with no one to dump any of my precious little demon spawn angels off with. so off we went me and six kids to the doctors office. To my relief the nurse decided to call the four that needed physicals back one at a time by themselves. Man this was so much smoother than the way we did it last year where they all went in the room together. Next was the most loved dreaded trip to the lab for blood work. I tried to sugar coat the whole experience for Pedro being that he is 3, by telling him that they wanted to give him a lollipop but that he had to much sugar in him. And if he wanted a lollipop he has to let them take some blood sugar out of his arm. That kinda worked until we got in the lab then he began to call my bluff.(So glad that the lady at the lab is very familiar with my kids and that they know her from taekwondo, so they trust her and will at least sit on my lap and not spaz.) He was then handed a lollipop and placed on my lap. He did whine a little bit but not like last time where he screamed like he was being murdered. He got done and was fine. so next on to Marco who decided he would go next.

My Marco was such a brave man and I can not remember ever being this brave when I was 4. He climbed up on my lap and stuck his arm out and said" OK i am ready for my shot not." He did not cry not even a whimper. He then looks over at his arm and watches his sugar as i told him go into the little tube. The he proudly announces mom that's not sugar it's my blood.He got done and proudly collected his lollipop as we all told him how AWESOME he was for being such a brave man. I couldn't of been prouder. I was expecting for him to try to run out the room like he did last year.

Next was Selina. She says OK I am ready. So half way expecting her to change her mind after they got started I held her legs and free arm. Only to find out that it was not necessary to do so. she sat there like a grown woman. I don't know if it was her courage or she didn't want to not be an AWESOME one. But she was a trooper. Only difference is she didn't say a single word until a band aid was placed on her arm, then and only then did she speak. She says "I want MY lollipop". So of course we told her that she was the most AWESOME girl around and let her pick a lollipop.

So with there awesomeness in tow they proudly walked out into the lobby where the older three were sitting and may I proudly say they were quiet and still the whole time. And I didn't have to threaten them even once with a spanking. The little kids began to tell about how they were more AWESOME than the bigger ones.

So with just a few more things to do on my get the kids out of my hair back to school list. I get to mark this one off. Hopefully their school shopping will go as surprisingly smooth as today. If nothing else one always has hope right.