A Giant Among Men

Peter's voice is changing. In the last week he's entered that zone where his voice is kind of squeaky and it sounds like maybe he has a cold because there's a gritty, gravelly quality. Except, he's not sick, he's just maturing.

In a related milestone, he is now officially taller than me. It isn't by much, but it's real. And you know, it's not as weird as I thought it would be. It kind of feels normal, at least until I see him next to his average-sized peers and then I realize that Peter is a wee bit on the giant side.

When I went to Peter's school Open House last week I got to see a movie that he and his classmates had made to thank the parents for attending. The kids had been put into small groups and handed the camera. Peter was with two other boys and was standing behind both of them in his short clip. You could clearly see both of their faces, and couldn't see anything above Peter's neck until he bent way down to have his face appear in the shot. I thought that was particularly amusing.

The sixth-graders in our district have a huge end-of-year field trip to Medieval Times to cap their ancient history course of study. And though the trip isn't until May, the permission slip (for headcount purposes) had to go back to school yesterday. I had to indicate what size shirt he will need for their excursion-coordinated attire. Wow, they think I can tell the future! With how this boy is growing, I nearly asked for an adult XL. I reined in my hyperbolic tendencies and settled on an adult medium.

I hope it isn't too short.