After church today, Daddy, Mama, Rachel and I were in the parsonage kitchen, talking about the section of wall beside the door which has people's measurements written on it. Many houses have these shrines to growth- a series of little dashes with initials or names next to them, chronicling the milestones of development. And then, Daddy came up with an idea that I had never thought of before, and which I thought was very peculiar, funny, and altogether Daddyish. He suggested that he and Mama should start keeping a chart record of their heights...to see who will SHRINK the fastest as they age!
A backwards growth chart! How morbid is that?! It conjures up a bizarre, "Far Side"-ish image of an old person slumping next to the wall chart, holding a pencil level with their head: 'Yesssss! I've lost two inches this year!'
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That's too funny!! One of these days it will be you and Brad competing to see who shrinks the fastest. (But not anytime soon!!)
Hahahahahahaha...
Trying not to laugh while proctoring a test. (That's a new one) :O)
For several years at Chestnut Hill, on the last 9:00 hour before school started, Mr. C.K. would bring along several rolls of calculator paper. Each child was measured, and then we'd cut off a strip of paper that matched our height. The paper was put into a glass jar, which was then stored in the poultry house until the next summer, when we'd bring the jar out and see how much we'd grown.
One year, I think the paper was rolled too tightly and stretched. I ended up shrinking an inch :)
--DJ
Oh my word, that's too funny!
Very Daddyish, indeed!
I like that idea. Then others can come down to my level :)
Daaaaaaddddddddyyyyyyy!!!!!!!
Evan and Jill just started the upwards growth chart, and last week all us got measured. As Jill put the pencil to the wall above my head, Jed said, "Wow - you're really short!" Here's hoping for not much shrinkage my next few years!
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