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d.s stood up on his own for the first time about an hour ago. Sorry to be so sad

dd has been talking lately although a little annoyed about the number of times dadad is said in relation to mamam.. not really...

Proud of ds1 aged 4.5, has been dry for 14 nights in a row!!!! One down 3 to go (have i just jinxed myself now?).

wow lou! and i know what you mean eidsvold!

Well done to ds1 Lou...

recieved a phonecall yesterday at 6pm just as we were eating, my 13 year old son asnwers the phone and shouts "mum phone" i crossly reply " well who is it we're eating" then he says.. "its my French teacher" to which hubby says " what have you done now!" and he answers the phone. all expectant of WW3 exploding i waited for him to give me the low down. the teacher had rang us as home to tell us what a good pupil he is , how he answers out in class and how daunting this can be for children of his age who are unsure and how he always tries his best ..etc..etc.

flabberghasted! especially as son has help with literacy - apparently he shouldnt be doing well in another language at all!

and i am SOOOOO proud. we are off to france in a couple of weeks, guess who is doing most of the talking there now we know!

as a side line ( sorry for hijacking this thread any one any ideas of how i can show my appreciation for that teacher taking the time out to do this as it made an immense difference to sons confidence and pride and really gave us all a lift this weekend?

if you want me to start another thread let me know

thanks

Great news Custardo. How about just sending a nice card saying how pleased you were? I think something written is always nice because you can keep it, unlike wine or flowers.

Custardo - as a former teacher - just a card or something simple like that would be most appreciated. The teacher must have been veyr impressed - as teachers we tend to get caught up with the not so brilliant kids that we sometimes forget to appreciate the kids like your ds. Perhaps you could get the teacher a little something from France even.

I think the teacher would greatly appreciate anything you did. It is so encouraging when parents give positive feedback to teachers.

custardo, what uplifting news to hear, especailly on a Saturday night. What a nice teacher. Agree about the card suggestion, perhaph accompanied by a bottle of vin - from a french vinyard of course.

custardo great news

Felicitations, le petit creme anglais! Il est un superstar!

That is really formidable, custardo, French is not an easy language to learn, especially for a teenage boy. You must be very proud of him! Agree with the others that a card to the teacher would go down well.

Well done to Custardo's eldest son! I think a few words to the teacher either spoken or written on a card thanking her for taking the time and trouble to provide this encouragement would be the answer.

great news, custardo, no wonder you are so proud!

thats brilliant, and wonderful that the teacher actually called you.

merci!

we have had a big week this week.. dd went to physio/ot group this week and they were very very impressed with her progress. She is sitting very nicely, rolling over of her own accord and desperately trying to stand. She did stand with some prompting and worked very hard during the session.

We also have our first painting of sorts - hand prints with the ot's help..... but I am off to buy paints and paper for her tomorrow to do more... she loved squishing the paint through her fingers... just had to stop the hand going in the mouth.

Custardo... any feedback on your thanks to the teacher?!?

Feel a bit embarassed posting on this thread, but I couldn't resist it! DD (age 3) has just come home from her nursery school end of term prize giving with a prize for "vocabulary". Well, I know they all got a prize today in the reception class, but I was so proud they chose "vocabulary" for her. We live in Belgium and the school is French speaking. She started in November with only a few words in French (but understood quite a lot), and is now speaking full sentences and is joining in just like the others. Really proud, especially as we give her no French input at home, 'cos we're trying to stick to English (with me) and German (dh's language).

How come this thread has slipped past me? Just read the whole thing and it's fab. Aren't our kids the best! Will look here as well as the one in the special needs section every day now.

I managed to teach ds to kiss on the cheek today, instead of offering us his forehead to kiss. Dh's heart melted when I got ds to do it to him for the first time. Cutie

DS told me last week that I was special because I made his name out of alphabeti spagetti, he then arranged to make HKCM and said thats your name mummy. Its just the way he looked at me with so much love in his eyes that makes me feel so proud.

DD (1 in 3 weeks) walks holding our hands. Mum and Dad drove us back from Scotland today. I went to the toilet after changing her and when I came out she was walking holding their hands. Also when her dad came home from work she made a grab for him and walked him round the living room.
She also plays her little piano book,(just bashes the keys really) and sings along with the tune she is palying.

I was wrapping up a present yesterday and left the scissors on the floor when DS saw them and said "Don't worry mummy I wont touch them because they are sharp". I then went on to mention various other things in the house that he was not allowed to touch and got the following replies.

Matches - they burn your hands
Bleach - it burns you and dangerous
Pills - They make you sick and you have to go to
the hospital

I am pleased at 3 that we actually does listen to me.

DS 23 months, put Dh's trainers on dh yesterday, faffed around with the laces, then felt his toes before grabbing his hand to walk round the lounge. An ideal shoe shop apprentice in the making.