giant children continue growing, even more giant now

[kate_nepveu]

So the Pip started kindergarten today (SteelyKid started third grade on Tuesday), and we got a picture of them hugging me while waiting for the bus to match last year's.

THEY ARE SO HUGE.



[Images: SteelyKid and the Pip hugging me; the Pip very seriously measuring himself against me back-to-back.]

Kindergarten seems to have gone well; he made a delightful self-portrait, and he was cheerful though very very tired this evening. (SteelyKid's an old hand at this now and is also doing great.)

Comments

[sovay]

THEY ARE SO HUGE.

Those are great photographs!

[kate_nepveu]

Chad broke out the good camera for this event!

[thistleingrey]

Glad kindergarten seems to go well so far!

I remember being nearly to my mother's shoulder when I was SteelyKid's age, and I'm 5'4ish as an adult. (Slightly taller now than when I stopped growing, thanks to weird scoliosis changes.) Who knows--I've stopped myself from speculating on SK's eventual adult height because my nearest cousin expected to be tall given her father at 6'4, and she's all of 5'5. There were plentiful not-quite-jokes in childhood about how she'd hammer me shorter if I ended up taller than she, with my average-to-shortish parents....

[kate_nepveu]

Yes, I think it a pretty safe bet that she will surpass me by about age 11 or so, but after that, who can say? Odds are in her favor to be tall, given her percentiles, but some people are tall for their age until they aren't.

[yhlee]

Aww, they are adorable!

[kate_nepveu]

Thanks, they really are!

[oracne]

She's catching up to you in height!

[kate_nepveu]

I'm going with "taller than me by 11" at this point!

[raincitygirl]

Awesomely cute photos of your insanely huge progeny! I'm glad the first week at school is going well!

[kate_nepveu]

Thanks, us too!

[lnhammer]

SteelyKid is smiley!

---L.

[kate_nepveu]

She has an awesome smile. The Pip has a dimple which, alas, you cannot see here.

[skygiants]

GINORMOUS CHILDREN. :O

[kate_nepveu]

I KNOW.

[ewanmcnay]

Aidan (now 13) passed Jenny a year or so back and is now 7" taller than her (!). (Keiran's also enjoying third grade, and conspiring with Aidan to learn long division and memorise his multiplication tables so that he can show off. I fully endorse this conspiracy! Also, do I remember correctly that SK plays soccer? They may encounter each other at some stage if so.)

[kate_nepveu]

Oh my gosh! I know Jenny is shorter than me but still.

And yes, SK plays soccer (the Pip too, just started), but town rec only, so it seems unlikely!

[genarti]

Oh gosh, they're adorable! These pictures are great! Also: THEY'RE BOTH SO BIG. (SteelyKid has such a great smile, and the Pip has a fantastic serious face omg.)