Big praise from small people!

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Anyone up for a feel good thread? Back to school day 1 here. I'm a bit stressed and knackered as are the kids.
DD poked about her stirfry and got up and gave me a cuddle because I'd removed all the edame beans.from her portion and said, "You're the best mummy ever!". Little does she know it wasn't altruistic, I want them on my salad for lunch tomorrow! Win win!

Last week from dgd -“You’re the right grandma for me!”

Ah lovely! My 2y/o gave me a massive squeeze and told me I'm her best friend in the whole world. She pulled it back from working my last nerve

Sort of the opposite but still cute - DD 4.5 got in a massive strop with me when she didn't want to leave the playground last week and spluttered "Mummy!! You....are...NOT A GREAT ARTIST!"

it stung

These are fab :-)
I'm sure you're an amazing artist, JohnnyMcGrathSaysFuckOff, in your own way!

I'm looking after my friend's cats for two weeks; her husband died in April so she's been a bit meh. Her big floofy ginger lion cat plonked himself on my lap and purred for two hours.

DS extolling the virtues of DH

"Daddy is so smart. He knows everything there is to know. He's the best."

Me (madly fishing): What about Mummy?

DS (huge pause) : Mummy is really good at explaining why I have to wear a seatbelt in the car.

That's it. That's the sum of my worth right there

"I love you Mummy! Even when you're dead". Thanks. I think

My Thomas mad 4 year old told me I'm a "really useful engine" earlier - high praise!

“ You have a really nice plastic tortoise “

There is literally no response to that.

My boy once told me I was the best Mummy he had ever had. I am still the only mummy he has ever had.

From my 4 year old: "Mummy, you're the best. But not at running. Or driving. Or not forgetting the keys."
I can't drive, and she clearly hasn't forgiven me for not coming anywhere near winning the mummies' race at the pre-school sports' day or the one time ever that I let the front door close and didn't have the keys and we had to spend a very boring hour sitting in the porch waiting for FIL to come with the spare keys.

When I cried yesterday because it would have been my mum's birthday, my (not so little) teenage dd hugged me and said "I wish I had known her, because she must have been lovely to make such a great mum for me". Cried a bit harder at that.

Mac47 That brought a tear to my eye!