Comments on: P365 - Day 129 (Handy Man Joshua)

By: Kristine/SHS

Kristine/SHS — Mon, 14 May 2007 05:56:08 +0000

My 12yold is 5′3″. My kids have always been tall. I always cringe when someone says, WOW, Holly, you’ve grown like a foot! She’s never too happy about that. Height has advantages, but she can’t see that yet.

Kathy, Joshua growing like that has to be a killer on the clothing budget. How convenient it’s shorts season for the next few months!

It’s quite nice that the handyman gene skips generations. At least you are sandwiched right in between!

By: Aunt Kate

Aunt Kate — Fri, 11 May 2007 23:42:37 +0000

How tall is Tina?

Sweet blog on Joshua and the fix-it project.

Love you guys!! AK

By: De'Etta

De'Etta — Fri, 11 May 2007 00:28:50 +0000

Great job, Joshua!

Yeah - the 13 yo is taller than me now……and the older two boys are pulling up with Mike. LOL They grow so FAST!!!! Spent the afternoon buying things for graduation.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Thu, 10 May 2007 22:00:54 +0000

This is Bess.

I’m only 5′3 3/4, that really is not a tremendous height.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Thu, 10 May 2007 15:43:17 +0000

Great job, Joshua! It is wonderful to have a handy man in the house.

He sure has shot right up. Bessie is taller than I am, but that is not saying much as my very meager 5′2″ is an easy target. I’m not sure anyone will get taller than Bri at 5′11″, but we will see. I’m not sure any of the other girls will even pass me as they are very slight.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 10 May 2007 13:16:17 +0000

It is a sad thing when you have to be careful not to stand next to your own son in pictures, or wherever there are witnesses. Although I am still ‘officially’ taller than Joshua, I suspect it is only because he hasn’t bothered to challenge me to the back-to-back, ruler-on-the-head test.

How kind of him to fix that lazy Susan! She (Susan) has never really contributed much to the family, but rather has used her nick-name as an excuse to avoid work … good to see that Joshua was able to finally set her straight.

For those of you wondering what those strange grains are in the clear bags in the pictures above, nobody knows, not even the farmers. These grains grow up mysteriously, are harvested, packaged, shipped, sold, cooked and eaten without anyone knowing what they actually are. It is just one of the mysteries that we enjoy, living with Kathy.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Thu, 10 May 2007 12:09:36 +0000

OH MY! He really did shoot up. I’m not sure how I’ll feel when one of my kids passes me up! Our dds are very close, but too close to say that they’ve “officially” become taller. GOOD JOB in the repair project, Joshua. My Joshus is also a handyman fixer upper!

By: tina

tina — Thu, 10 May 2007 09:07:35 +0000

Woah! I certainly do not want to stand next to Joshua now, I will look like a midget! At least I am still taller than Leah, for now. When we left, I still felt at least like a grown up around you Joshua, but now I will have to tilt my head to look you in the eye. At least here in Thailand I am tall, or taller.