Doctor Day & Family Night

Today was Nicholas' 6 month check-up (one month behind schedule). I had to take all the kids with me, but thankfully Matt was able to meet me at the office and keep the older 3 kids in the waiting room while Nicholas was in the exam room. He is as healthy (and as big) as a horse. He is in the 90th percentile on both height and weight....definitely our biggest baby at this point. He handled his shots as well as could be expected. He had quit crying before we left the exam room, though probably because I brought a bottle for him.....I'm aiming for the 100th percentile in weight, LOL!

Nolan suggested that after the appointment we eat dinner at Ruby Tuesday since it was Tuesday, naturally. But, Matt suggested we go to Chick-Fil-A for Family Night (held every Tuesday), and hands down the kids all chose Chick-Fil-A. We have only been to Family Night once, sometime last year I believe, but I think we should really start going more often. For every adult meal one buys, one gets a free kid's meal....so it's pretty cost efficient. There are door prizes every 15 minutes, games to play to win coupons (free fries, drinks, ice cream, etc...), the play room, and a clown named Miss Tea Cup who paints the children's' faces. Nolan had his face painted the first time we went to Family Night, but Natalie did not. But this time Nolan, Natalie, and even Nathan all got their faces painted. They just looked too cute for words.

So what started out as just a typical trip to the doctor's office, turned into a really fun evening for the kids....especially since it had been raining and they had been couped up during the day.


Natalie the cat. A lot of her paint had come off by the time we made it home.














Nathan....AKA Spider-man.

Nolan got a spider and web on his cheek.