To tell you all to LOOK WHAT I DID!!!!?

[TheGherkin]

Once upon a time I had a baby girl. I did all the mum stuff. I combed the lice from her hair, I did PTA, we baked, I read all the classic children’s books, I was a ballet mum, i did homework projects, I made her clear up her own puke after she drank too much vodka and I did hugs, mopped tears, had fun, shouted occasionally, drove her to stations and airports and everything else in between. Nothing out of the ordinary.

And then that baby went off to university and only went and got herself a First. And a proper grown up job.

And you know what? She did good and so did I

She did work bloody hard too bless her.

Awesome! Well done Gherkin and DD. You rock!

And DD2 is also bloody amazing too sometimes but that’s a whole other thread.

Must stop gin

Amazing! Congratulations!

Well done both of you

Awww at the post ... lol at the gin

Well done your DD (and you!) I bet it was the classic children’s books that did it

Brilliant, well done dd, and gin gin and more gin to you, you did it

Awwwwwwww!
Congratulations to both of you, yes, you've both done good.
A first is absolutely awesome.

Good luck with her new job

congratulations to both of you, enjoy the warm glow of pride, well deserved

Woohoo! Fair play to ye.

Read it twice as you sound exactly like my friend speaking, but she wouldn't have baked so can't be her! Did make me shed a tear though

Well done Gherkin and Cornichon 😁

Being a mum is a tough job so it’s great when everything turns out great !
Well done you and congratulations to your dd

aww well done. DD2 graduated with a first last year and it was so hard to believe that the fat, smiley baby with masses of untidy hair was now a slim, smiley woman with masses of untidy hair!! (unless ruthlessly straightened).
Last night, school refusing, "going to leave when I'm 16", hate school DS (16) lumbered across the school stage to pick up his merit award for coming top in music technology and I thought I was going to burst!

Wind in the willows, peter rabbit, Anne of green gables, the Phoenix and the carpet, Winnie the Pooh, the sheep pig

I so hope I can be saying the same about my trio in years to come! Well done, be bloody proud. That’s what parenting is all about, seeing your hard work paid off with amazing children- regardless of what they are amazing at..... currently just hoping they wash and tidy occasionally😂😂😂

Aw. Lovely lovely lovely. Very well done the pair of you

Demented. Well done. Awesomely amazing

How lovely.

The teen years have almost broken me at times so it's nice to read about others surviving!

Sounds lovely .

Raising a child to adulthood and making them into a decent human being is not always an easy task. Great job!

Brilliant demented

it's like the life time option of the daily mantra "everybody fed, nobody dead"

Well done Gherkin!