Touch a Truck

This morning we took the boys to their pediatrician to get their flu vaccines. The office has a flu vaccine clinic on Saturdays. We had an appointment for 9:45 and were in and out in less than 5 minutes.

Rylan got a shot. I got to hold him while they did it instead of having him lay on the exam table. He cried for a few seconds afterwards but got over pretty quickly. Carter got the flu mist and I think he would have preferred to have had a shot! I think the nurse caught him off guard because she told him to pick out a sticker and then stuck the syringe up his nostril. It was hard to convince him that the nurse had to then do the other nostril. He got through it but there was a lot of whining for the next 5 minutes.

After the pediatrician's office, we headed to Lowe's to build Monster Machines. We made Rylan a helicopter at Home Depot last weekend, but he actually helped today make the project at Lowe's.

Rylan did a good job of hammering with me helping him with his placement ...





After Lowe's, we headed south to Thompson Station for a Touch a Truck event. Both boys had a lot of fun exploring all the different trucks.

Carter climbing through a fire truck ...


We waited 15 minutes to climb into this dump truck ...



Carter found out that you get a lollipop after you get out of the cab so he was in there for all of 15 seconds before he wanted back out.

Carter liked trying to put this truck in gear and honk the horn ...


Carter in the back of a police car (and hopefully never again) ...


Both boys in the "paddy wagon" ...


Rylan was not a fan and screamed the whole time!

Carter driving a FedEx truck ...


And pretending to be a package ...


The backhoe was a big hit ...




Carter always points out school buses when we see them so he was really excited about going into one ...




The boys got to ride up this lift with Brian into the back of a truck ...

We went to lunch after Touch a Truck and then headed over to the house to check on the progress.

The bricking is completely done. There were some guys there today finishing up the last few shingles and putting the metal roofing on the accents.


All the electrical wiring has also been completed.


We will most likely be doing our pre-drywall review with the builder next week to make sure we think everything looks right before the drywall goes up.