The other day, Piper was walking around saying “yee hao” and sort of waving. I thought she was talking about Ni Hao Kailan and waving. At some point, I realized that she was saying “yee haw” like a cowboy, but with a weird accent, and moving her hand in a roping motion. It was hilarious. And if that wasn’t hilarious enough, then she was riding around on her bumblebee wheely bug yelling, “Yee Hao!! I’m a bumblebee cowboy!!”
Absolutely hilarious. Every time I think about it, I laugh. I can’t help it.
On another note, my dear blog commenters convinced me that perhaps I’m not entirely crazy about my kids height, weight, and head circumference stats, so I pulled out the tape measure tonight. Here are Penelope’s correct stats:
Length: 31 inches (50th-75th percentile)
Head Circumference: 18.25 inches (50th-75th percentile)
That sounds just about right to me. And yes, I feel much better. I can stop obsessing . . . for now.
While I had the tape measure out, I measured the big kids’ height, who all just had a very visible growth spurt. I was really shocked at the results because they really did have a big growth spurt, inches and percentile-wise:
Piper: 37.5 inches (25th-50th percentile)
Henry: 39 inches (>50th percentile)
Rosemary: 36.25 inches (10th percentile)
Rosemary is really moving up her growth curve – well, actually, they all are. I’m so proud!!
3 comments:
Wow, Henry is 39 inches? He is very tall now- how did you do that? I need your magic tricks..oh, wait, I need to stop obsessing over that. I forgot...:)
LOL Esther!! I know!! But at his 3 year appointment he was so much lower on the percentile range . . . and about 3 inches shorter. You just never know when a growth spurt is going to hit.
We started a "marking wall" and every 3 months or so the kids stand at the wall nice and straight. I put a book on their head and have them step away so I can make a mark. Then we assign the name, put a date, measurement, and age. Lots of fun to see how fast they can grow. All the cousins used to have a mark on a wall at Grandma and Grandpa's house when i was growing up.
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