Doctor Visit

Amelie had her 9 year well-child check, which I also dragged James and Leah to, and so I only got this one picture:

Amelie is now 4 feet, one inch tall (6th percentile) and weighs 59 pounds (31st percentile). She just finished up third grade at Ridgeway Elementary and will move on to Unit C in the fall. She was reading this magazine while Dr. Swofford was trying to ask her questions. Then I had to take James out in the hall to scold him about playing with the medical equipment and when I came back in, she'd finally looked up from the book and they were chatting about school.

They didn't give us a milestones checklist the way they used to when she was a littler kid, but I found these online and they seem to be accurate:

• Experience a growth spurt. Your child may get significantly taller and gain more weight. 
• Able to persist in physical activity to reach a goal, such as when playing a game or completing a challenge.
• May act unreasonable or rude when things don’t go as planned, but is as able to recognize behavior and apologize.
• Communicates needs and wants in socially appropriate ways.
• Works cooperatively toward shared goals
• Consistently recognizes the views of other people
• Increased attention span but interests may change rapidly.
• Learning there is a middle ground—things aren’t all right or all wrong.
• Exhibit interests in collections and hobbies.

Amelie is still reading her long fantasy book series, and pretty much anything that she can get her hands on. I did see her with Harry Potter last night. She likes to collect things and has a vast amount of knowledge stored up about all of the various Pokemon and Bakugon and dragons in her books. She made up a game today and made the pieces and board out of paper and taught me how to play it.