Last week was a busy one for the kids.  On Saturday we went over to our friends Jen and Jay's house for dinner.  They always have a great dinner for us, and the kids love the added bonus of three dogs.  Isabelle is always a little bit afraid when she first gets there, and three dogs are putting their damp little noses on her, or trying to lick her face, but she loves the attention anyway.  After we leave, she talks about the dogs trying to say 'Hi' to her all the way home. 

David just loves to put his hand out and let the lab and the shorthair lick him.  He also like to run down the hall and get chased, but only for a little distance.  In a couple of years, I think he's just gonna wrestle the dogs all night long. He had a very hard time leaving that night and all the way home we heard a sad little boy..." it's not time to go.... it's not time to go..."

Then we headed to the East Bay for the third of our spring birthday parties.  We met at an Il Fornaio, which actually had a good kids menu.  Well anything in the French Toast variety is always a winner with them!  They enjoyed visiting with the family, as they always have a lot to say on the way home about who said what, or who did what with either of them.

There is a big fountain out front, and on this day, we also had a lot of wind, so the fountain was spraying anyone who got within about 8 feet of the edge.  But it was still the best thing about leaving the restaurant.  Until it was time to open presents!  The kids always want to help open gifts, and Isabelle was right in there.  David wanted to help a little too, but by then he was very tired, and was having a hard time focusing on anything for more then a few seconds.

Later that week we had Isabelle's 4 yr wellness check.  She was very good for the visit with her Dr.  She was a little bit upset that there were a couple of shots at the end, but I guess that's to be expected.  Isabelle continues to grow, and be one of the taller girls of her age, as she is in the 95th percentile for her age in height, weight, noggin circumference; but her Body Mass Index is right on spot, so she's not too big in the wrong direction.

She also got her first hearing test, which seemed to go OK.  It was a little difficult for her to focus on the directions when there was all this neat stuff to look at, and headphones on too!  She also had her first vision test, and we think she can see OK.  There was also a bit of trouble following the directions, so the results were not as expected.   But, rather then worry about it, we scheduled an appointment with her eye doctor for a proper eye exam.  She'll get to see the same Dr that fixed her eye duct problem from a few years ago.  I wonder if she remembers?