self promotion - my kids are fantastic and i wanna tell you..

[Tortington]

just in general - its been one of those weeks where i have been to a lot of evening meetings and havent seen a lot of the kids - and so - i seem to like then a lot more

my son twin 2 and youngest, as soon as he sees my car from work rides as fast as the wind to beat me home so he can open my car door as a gentleman should! awwwww

my eldest son 13 and thinks he is ded 'ard lol. saw me pull up in the car today and ran out to open the door and literally pull me out cos he saw me sat there after turning the engine off ... just plain knackered! so he pulled me out and gave me a big hug awwwww

and my hearing impaired daughter twin 1 does well at school and makes me a great cuppa she is slim and tall and beautiful

and they are all great lookin', good mannered and fab and they all still give good night kisses and loves

just thought i would tell you that!

can you be overly proud of your children? that sort of comment makes me suspect you haven't got any. anyway don't want to hijack custy's thread...

my dd is fabulous - beautiful - smiles always light up her face ( crinkled/scrunched into a smile) Today I had to go back to my old school to sort out returning to teaching. I ended up just minding a class for a teacher who needed to see someone urgently.( I Knew the class well as I had taught them before going on maternity leave) I had dd ( almost 11months) with me... she was great - she smiled at the kids as they came into the room ( year 9's - so 14 yo) then laughed a little when I started reading out aloud to them and then fell asleep in my arms while we finished reading the rest of the story... At which point the other teacher returned and I took sleeping beauty home!!

What a good girl!!

oops posted too soon - so custy I hope mine beautiful baby is still as gorgeous and amazing as a your kids when she is older

May I have permission please to grab AuntBessie my her long dangling boobies and trap them in the mangle? Obviously a troll who is very jealous of Custy, and who wouldn't be? She is extremely pretty, has 3 lovely, polite children and has worked damned hard to achieve all that she has. IMO I don't think she gets praised enough, she has no family living nearby her and no friends in her area as she's not been there long. So a bit of support for her would be ace right now. Therefore AuntBessie, if you insist on spoiling this thread for her, or making any other silly jealous little remark at her expense, I will personally see that your virtual great big ass is kicked the hell outta here!

Well, I don't know Custardo or her children but she put a smile on my face this morning and I have spent the day beaming at my dd's photo on my computer all day (obviously dazzled by her blue eyes)

My daughter is beautiful, friendly and loving. I love her to bits, and every time I worry about being a crap mother I just have to look at her. I think we need to congratulate ourselves sometimes!

I don't have any friends or family nearby either! Dunno what that's got to do with it. I don't agree with the Auntbessie BTW and I don't know if it's a troll... just in case anyone jumps down my throat.

We know you know Custy personally, but noone else here does.

Rhubarb - just how do you go about getting someone kicked off of Mumsnet?

Custy - it's great that you have such wonderful children.... it's great that we ALL have wonderful children.

I love the image of Maiden Aunt Bessie with a huge ass and long dangling boobies stuck in a mangle..!!

surrounded by a little tribe of angry yorkshire puddings

LOL.

Hi, sorry to butt in, but can someone tell me exactly what is meant by a troll?

Only kind I know live under bridges and shout "Who's that trip-trapping..."

Hi there HD - a troll is someone who posts falsely to antagonise a situation... or an original Mumsnetter who changes their posting name in order to do the above.

Personally, I think the best way to respond to idiots like The Pudding is not even to acknowledge their comments. They'll soon get bored and go away.

Custy, what a lovely thread and your kids sound fab !!!

Thanks M2T! I'm learning a lot today, what with this and the thread on acronyms

While we're on the proud bit, I nearly burst this week. My ds1, 10 is football mad and his school team had won their way to the local final, he was so thrilled and excited to be playing and it meant so much to all of them and they lost. What made me cry and feel so proud was the sight of my little lad and the rest of his school team stood clapping the other team as they got the cup and winners medals and did of a lap of honour. I couldn't have been more proud of him if they had won the FA cup!

I absolutely agree with you oxocube but my imagination is running away with me, all the little pudding people trying to pull auntbessie's dangling tits out of the mangle, shouting angrily as she gets slowly crushed...

Ooh! Links too!

Lilibet, I cry at the slightest thing when I feel proud, when DS got a sticker at playschool for good behaviour I had a tear in my eye. I had better grow out of it as soon it will be "Mum do you have to".

having children affested my tear ducts - I can cry at the slightest thing that they do.

me too, shouldn't really admit this, but cried once at a game show when a women who had been talking about what she as going to do if she won (take the kids to disneyland) and she won and I blubbed, DH thought it was something he said.

rofl enid!

I did wonder if auntbessie was the tedious Zsa Zsa adopting a new battleaxe persona. Custardo, your kids sound wonderful and so they should be with a mum like you.

I thought that too, Babster.

M2T, you really don't like Custy or me do you? Yes I do know Custy personally and a lot of other mumsnetters have met her too. She is like a sister to me and has been there for me during bad times and good. On Mumsnet she has given some really good advice and has never posted maliciously, she has been honest and genuine throughout. Therefore, she does not deserve to be picked upon by a cowardly Mumsnetter who has to change their name.

I agree that many of us live away from friends and family, and that all of us deserve some praise. So what is so wrong about praising your own children? With so many Mumsnetters starting up their own threads, can you deny Custy a chance to start up hers? It's not even one praising herself, but her kids. And her kids have been through a lot, what they have achieved is worth crowing about.

No, I cannot get anyone thrown off Mumsnet, but I can kick up a stink and complain about members abusing their positions to come back as trolls and harrass and bully other members. Do you know that feeling you get when someone has a go at someone close to you? That's how I feel right now. Because I know Custy, I know she deserves praise because she very rarely asks for it and she very rarely gets it. In fact we all deserve a bit of praise and back-clapping, and this thread gives us the chance to do just that. It just so happens that Custy set it off. I don't know why anyone would have a problem with that, or me wanting to defend the best friend I have ever had.

We are all on Mumsnet for a reason, because we need to share our experiences and feel valued as people and not just mums. Every now and then we need to remind ourselves of what a brilliant job we have done and how well our kids have turned out. I mean, if we don't, who else will? So throw away your grudge M2T and just be nice like everyone else. I know you can be.

I have just read this thread.dont know why m2t is to blame