While he was camping for the week with a friend in the North Carolina mountains, my youngest had the audacity to grow taller than me! For that little stunt I've grounded him til school starts. I'm not sure if it was tent sleeping, mountain air-breathing or my friend Paige's cookin', but as soon as I saw him and realized I had to look UP to see eye-to-eye?
Well, Mama wasn't a happy camper.
It goes without sayin' the little buzzard will do anything to get off restriction, so I'm sure that was in the back of his mind when he threw me this sad/little/tired bone:
Me: "So, were you in Xbox withdrawals all week?"
{My precious –> Gollum = Xbox –> Stephen}
Stephen: "Well, I really didn't think about it that much. Maybe once.
Me, incredulous & skeptical: "Seriously…?"
Stephen: "Yeah, I actually missed y'all a LOT more than I missed playing."
S i g h . . . .
Restriction lifted.
I can totally relate. I became shorter than my youngest son a few months ago. Well, I didn’t BECOME shorter. I’ve been this height for a very, very long time. My 16 year old son surpassed me a couple of years ago and now the 15 year old. Sigh.
Well, it must have been my cooking!!!!
Same here my daughter who was 15 at the time outgrew me i mean i am only 5’2 anyway.My daughter is now 5’5 my 13 year old son is also taller than me he is 5’6.I should have realised my shortcommings while growing up and being the shortest in my family of 6 siblings.Never mind.
I havent known any difference i have always been the shortest in my family and then having a family of my own.Having never graced the 5’0 mark you dont expect anything different do you.Having a lovely taller husband helps in the long run though and got our children got his height gene so lucky for them.