*** Quoting Danny Ceppa from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***

DC>  
 DC> Now he has to take her out fishing!   

 CS> Yuppers!  The problem is the local base fishing trips require the kids
 CS> be 12YO and she's not quite yet 11. 

DC> How about fishing from a dock?  

Couldnt eat the fish (or wouldnt) this close to the naval base/shipping
docks. ¨besides, they have wild coi here and it's considered bad to catch
and possibly ¨kill them with a mis-set hook.  Might be a luck thing, not
sure.  There are ¨areas where you can fish off a dock or a bridge, but not
close to us as in ¨walking distance.

 CS> 'chest'.  I figured it was about that time. 

DC> It used to be in the teens, but it starts earlier now.   

Naw.  same age as always.  Some girls just start a little earlier.  With
¨Charlotte being 11 come November, this is right on track as both his and
my ¨family are relatively 'large breasted' types.  Not Dolly Parton sized,
but a ¨bigger than average.  If Charlotte stays true to norm, by age 14 she
will pass ¨the jewish momma 'pencil test' (might be 13 when that happens).

 CS> would prefer to not have to handle.  I took Charlotte to the base
 CS> today and got her new sneakers and her first training bra.  She's too
 CS> young to need a training bra yet, but she's the age where some of her

DC> So you got her a pre-traing bra?  ;)  

LOL!  Naw, just a thing that looks like a sports-bra.

 CS> There was another little girl near, trying to get her Dad to take a
 CS> look and the poor fellow was turning beet red, fussing his feets back
 CS> and forth and mumbling something about 'mom wil take care of that when
 CS> she gets back'.  Grin, I asked him if she would be gone long, and if
 CS> so, if he wanted me to help out as i was getting Charlotte her first
 CS> one.  He grinned and said he'd be over looking at the sneakers then he
 CS> snuck away . 

DC> Discretion is the better part of valor.   

That too!

 CS> I dont know if there are any Dads out there facing this alone, so the
 CS> basics of sizes this time are to just measure their widest chest point
 CS> (She's apt to breathe in to make it bigger at this age) and that plus
 CS> 2 inches is the size measure.  Do not buy a padded bra until 7th grade
 CS> or so or the other girls will laugh at your little lady.  Mild padding
 CS> though at 7th grade is a good idea if she's a bit smaller than her
 CS> classmates still. 

DC> My daughter buys her bras from Frederick's of Hollywood!  No lie!   

DC> Then again, she is 21.  

Ah to be 21 again, NOT!  I'm having more fun now than I did then .
                                       xxcarol

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