Much to her Dentist Appointment

Last Thursday, after dropping Eli off at school, I had to call Livi's teacher to tell her Livi wouldn't be there that day because she was sick. Part of the conversation went something like this:

"Yeah, she's sick so I'm just going to keep her home today, much to her disappointment."
(Livi, in the back of the car, screaming, "NNNOOOOOO!! I DON'T WANT A DENTIST APPOINTMENT!!!!").

Disappointment, Dentist Appointment, I can see the similarity. Things only improved marginally when I told her she wasn't going to the dentist, just staying home sick. She LOVES school and the days she doesn't get to go are still a bit rough when we drop Eli off but not her.

I think the outburst came about because the week previous the girls both had cleanings. I've taken them to the dentist plenty of times before this without so much as a whimper, and their dentist is WAY AWESOME, so I don't know why this time was different. But it was. Fighting and screaming tooth and nail from both girls; they both got escorted to the "Fish Room" so they wouldn't scare the other kids (it's a semi-sound proof exam room). Yeaaaah. The dentist did manage to get most of Livi's teeth cleaned but lucky Eli gets to go back for some sedation to finish hers.
It's funny because they also each had doctors appointments and that was pretty uneventful. Livi was even (over)due for an immunization, jumped up on the table voluntarily, and only cried for a minute after the shot! Silly girls.