Jamie and Liam Chew's Blog: 2009-10-29

2009-10-29 47:47 (Kristen) Liam slept badly last night, and we decided to keep him home today in the hope that he'd rest and kick the cold that was disturbing his sleep. The City of Toronto was holding an advance vaccination clinic today for children between 6 months and 5 years old, and for people who have extra problems (such as asthma or pregnancy). As three of us fit those descriptions (asthma, not pregnancy!), we thought it a good idea to get shots. John lined up at 10, the doors opened at noon, and I arrived with the boys around 12:30 (after signing Jamie out from school) when it looked like John was getting close to the head of the line. The line slowed down, of course, at that point, but it wasn't a bad thing. The weather was fine, there were hundreds of kids (of course), and the children all ran and played with each other. Some people brought portable chairs, portable DVD players, toys, food, drinks, and friends, and while it wasn't exactly festive, it was a bearable wait. We finally had our shots and were out around 2:30, and dropped Jamie off at school. Unfortunately he missed being in his class photo (how did we not know about this?), but being protected from the flu is important too. It was a quiet evening, marked by Jamie finishing off his read-a-book on city birds, which was the longest book he's read to this point.