Growth Chart

Tuesday, 10 January 2006

Some people measure their children with rulers, us, we measure ours against a purposely bought grass-tree, or Yakka, depending on where you are from..   When we bought the tree neither the tree nor Zali could walk or talk. I have to say Zali has made a lot more progress in both areas..

Now you may have a number of questions regarding this sequence. Firstly - is the grass tree growing at all ? - well, I'm not sure, its middle bit (technically called the "spikey thing") has definitely grown, the rest of it may even have  shrunk.  Secondly, am I really wearing sandals with socks in July 2004 ? - sadly it seems I am - it was raining that night so perhaps it was protection against the leaches.  Thirdly,  where's Jett? Well we're saving up for his own tree - they cost a packet you know - ours is padlocked down. Well, maybe not exactly padlocked but it is in the care of Jon's sister Shirley and his brother in law Tim - both of whom can get very cranky (especially Tim) so don't go getting any ideas about relocation.