Learning By The Way

Yes, I know I don’t usually post here, but I’ve resolved ordinarily not to post more than once a day on the other blog, and I’ve been on a roll lately in posting about a particular topic that will likely go on for a bit. And this topic actually seemed to appeal just as much to my wife’s many faithful readers as it did to the fewer number who frequent my blog.

This week, as is our practice, we did our year end measurements of the children on the back of the pantry door. Margary of course grew the most, moving from just shy of two months old to just shy of fourteen months. Moriah, though, didn’t get beat by much in the growth category. She has shot up this year, growing several inches. Another year like this and she’ll be looking Aunt Raquel in the eye.

In a surprising move, Toby has overtaken Samuel as the tallest boy in the house. He’s only 3/8 of an inch taller, but a full few inches taller than Samuel (who is 13 months older) was this time last year. Samuel is still quite a bit taller than Moriah (16 months his senior) was last year, lest you think he’s going to be short. Moriah seems to be hitting that typical girl early growth spurt as she approaches her 12^th birthday, so it may be a few years before the boys actually pass her up.

Elsie shot up a bit this year as well, and next year she’ll start having a comparison to Moriah at the same age (Elsie is 7 now and the first year we measured Moriah was 8). I’ve always thought of Elsie as being short, but it appears that’s more subjective than real, because she is growing quickly—she just has taller siblings because they’re older. So with our third new year in this house we’re eagerly watching to see which girl is going to be the tallest of our three.

Peter is still fairly big for his age, and it’ll be another year before we can compare him to Toby at the same age. At this point my guess is that Samuel will be about the same height as his papa and Toby and Peter will be looking down at me in my old age, and both older girls will be looking down upon their mother. Growth is a funny thing, though, so we’re waiting to see what kind of frame God gives each of our six blessings in their adult lives, which are coming all too quickly.

I’m looking forward to it.

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