surprisingly brave

A few days ago Evan had 4 immunizations, 4 pokes!  We talked about it for about a month before.  And would sometimes remind how brave Sister Bear was.  I still expected this event to not go well.  So, I surprised when he sat on my child and let me know hold his legs in mine and give him a tight hug and he had the shots without a flinch or tear.  I even told him a minute or two after that it was ok to cry if he wanted to.  But, he didn't.  He did almost have a little meltdown when trying to chose between 3 stickers.  In order to avoid tears at this point, I told him to take them all and we left.  The rest of the weekend he was proud to tell everyone how brave he was!