Growing up so fast...

My baby is growing up too fast.  Here she is ready for a big night out as a siren for a sea themed birthday party.

The dress is actually more turquoise than it appears in the photo.  She found it in Salvos for a whole $12. Then she went through all my bead boxes and her shell collection and made all the accessories.  And, yes, she is slightly sunburnt - too much marching in the band without a hat on!!

The next party is a Disney themed one and she wants to go as the girl from Brave.  Lots of little french plaits, please Mum, to make her hair all frizzy.

Oh, and I measured FJ this morning.  Since we returned from our Christmas jaunt to Queensland, he has grown 3 cm and lost 3 kg.  Miss Blondie is resigning herself to being the short one in the family.

Growth charts - are they accurate?

I was doing some very overdue filing today and I came across my kids "Child Health Books". When they were young I was very careful to record their heights carefully on the charts in them.

I was talking to a friend the other day and we were musing over whether the charts were very accurate or not.  So I decided to have a look.

Miss 15 always hovered between the 90th and 97th percentile on the chart which predicted that at age 15 she would be about 173 cm (about 5' 7") tall - and she is!

Miss Blondie was always the shorter one of the three kids, about the 80th percentile, which predicts that she might reach my height of about 170 cm (about 5' 6").  She's about 162 cm now.

And FJ?  Scary reading.  He always hovered above the 97th percentile and still does.  His growth chart predicts that he will be 193 cm (about 6' 4") tall.  I am going to feel like a midget!!