Growing - Emily Does It Every Day

Emily is now seeing eye-to-eye with Grandma Bep.
When Emily turned three years old, Dad got out the measuring tape. From what he had read in books and online, the height of a three-year-old can be doubled to determine their approximate final height. For Emily, that meant she would likely be pushing the six-foot mark because she measured in just a shade over three-feet-tall on March 16, 2000.

Nearly seven years later, Emily is already past the five-foot mark and growing fast. She's the second-tallest player on Dad's basketball team and has grown about an inch since school started (as evidenced by some of her pairs of pants).

That height did pay off in the team's game Monday night. Emily scored a season-high six points - swishing two of her three shots. But Dad's having to remind her to grab rebounds, not bat at the ball like a volleyball. The won their game tonight, 32-10, in the first of three pool play contests. If they win two more games (Wednesday and Thursday night), they'll play in the championship game on Saturday. Go Spartans!