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[kate_nepveu]

FB & G+ tend to get all the kid pictures, so, giant children are giant:



[Image: SteelyKid and the Pip hugging me]

First day of second grade, today. The Pip starts pre-K in a week.

Edit: 49.25" and 41.5", respectively.

Comments

[yhlee]

D'awwwww. =)

[leighdb]

OMG they are both going to TOWER over you. So adorbs!

[trent_goulding]

What in the Sam Hill is in the Pip's back pack, 'cause it's as big as he is, almost....

[rosefox]

Look at her gorgeous hair! And with the bowl cut and the blue shirt, the Pip looks just like Spock. :)

[desperance]

Wait, she got that much of a head start and she's less than eight inches ahead of him? Idle creature. She's frittering away her advantage, I tell you...

[jorriespencer]

Cuties! Love the smiles.

[genarti]

Awwww! What a great picture.

[readinggeek451]

Great picture!

[lnhammer]

Awwwww.

[sartorias]

*love*

[kate_nepveu]

They give good hugs!

[kate_nepveu]

Seriously! I really gotta start that pool on when she's going to outgrow me.

[kate_nepveu]

He complains if it's too light, I swear.

It's a rolled-up towel with bathing suit, in case they go swimming, a lunch bag, and a water bottle in the front pocket.

[kate_nepveu]

She has Chad's color plus summer sun. And he'd object, he's wearing a Superman shirt, I think.

[kate_nepveu]

Heh. Those exponential curves! Though he is about four months earlier than her in getting to this height; I'm not sure when the curves start diverging based on sex.

[kate_nepveu]

Thanks!

[kate_nepveu]

Not real good for me but I'm not the attraction here and that is totally fine. =>

[kate_nepveu]

Thanks!

[kate_nepveu]

I know!

[kate_nepveu]

Thanks!

[thistleingrey]

Around 4-5, IIRC, and at size 5 US clothes diverge in terms of waist circumference. SK is indeed giant, and the stair-step effect is really cute. (Reason is apparently still half an inch taller than the Pip, which surprises me because I was sure that her relative-to-agemates tallness had dropped off by now. No one in Reason's near ancestry has topped 6' except for my maternal grandfather, oddly enough; I doubt that such a remove has influence.)

[kate_nepveu]

Being a November birth, the Pip's classmates tend to run older than him, so it's useful to remember that no, he is probably pretty darn tall for his age.

Oh gosh, SteelyKid is going to be SO upset when he outgrows her. I will have to remind her that she'll always be older.

Sometimes kids are just taller than all their recent ancestors, you know? Obviously there's a point where that has to stop, but it's a generational trend that I've seen probably max out at my 6' 8" cousin, so . . .

[thistleingrey]

Hee, yes.

True about ancestors, especially with the timing of wars and other privations, depending.

[raincitygirl]

Aaaaawwwwww!

[bibliofile]

Yes, she'll always be older! But the shorter thing? Totally unfair, if it ever happens. She mayy want to consider stilts.

(My brother, 6.5 years older than me, has always been at least 7" taller than me. Ugh.)

[bibliofile]

p.s. -- If she starts saving now, she can get junior jumping stilts for only $250/pair. And then she'll tower over everyone! (at least while she's jumping)