Positive post - come and brag about your children with me

[2in2022twoyearson]

Hi,
My children are exhausting and trying a lot of the time but really I'm so proud of them and want to annonmously brag. Here goes:

I have a 6 year old girl who is absolutely smashing year 2 at school, enjoys all her lesson, is in advanced steams for phonics and in the only parents evening I was told how wonderful she was with a positive attitude to all lessons and helpful and kind to other children in the class. She reads for pleasure and doesn't do much screen time. She's brilliant at crafting and art and has a reading age about double hers, plus can tell me the plot of what she reads. At the moment she's enjoying the enchanted wood by eynid bylton.

I also have a two year old boy who is a natural comedian and very independent. His facial expressions, comic imitations, and even humour timing is just brilliant. He's potty training and he doesn't have many accidents, he's very keen and will self initiate from when we first ditched nappies. We only occasionally prompt him. He didn't take to books as quickly as he's sister but now loves his bedtime story. He also enjoys 'reading' to himself and piling books up after.

Together they mostly play very nicely and little brother wants to wake sister up with a cuddle, which she likes (or pretends to be asleep if she doesn't so I take him away)

Your children sound lovely OP.

My 11yo has faced a lot of challenges in life and we are so proud of how far he has come.

My 5yo draws pictures of me all the time which makes me feel really loved when I get home from work.

My 21 year old is about to graduate from uni and has a place on a postgraduate course , what makes me proud is how she embraces life , is able to balance life and be happy.

My 15 year old is hilarious and a joy to be around and is happy.

My 10 year old is the most difficult but yesterday I went to watch her swimming lessons ( haven't been for months ) and was blown away she is amazing!

I found my old thread thought as a space to brag about my children if anyone else wants to add. My daughter got star of the week followed by this message from teacher
'Hello,
I just wanted to message and say that I have been super impressed with DD this week — she definitely deserved Star of the Week! She is a fantastic role model to everyone in the class and such a kind, thoughtful friend.
She made me a wonderful cat craft this morning, which is now proudly displayed on the classroom wall.
Have a lovely weekend,
Miss'

My son got this comment about him when I messaged nursery manager about increasing his hours there. 'Oh he is such a darling we would be delighted to have him any days!'

Times like this makes me want more children, even though I'm exhausted!

We had parent meetings with our DCs teachers on Monday, all 3 of which were great.
Then today, now that quarterly grades have been generated, we’ve been invited to honour roll assembly where all 3 of my DCs will receive awards for maintaining A’s and B’s consistently since the school year started in August 😍
I’m so proud of them, that they’ve navigated starting a whole new school system in whole new country and have achieved that.

DS, who started 1st grade this year, has had two tests, the first was maths and he got a 10 in it, and the second was a reading test where he got 64 out of 70 - for context they were looking for a minimum of 26 out of 70 at this stage in the school year, he's well above the expected range. But at this point there's a huge range of abilities so everyone else will catch up soon enough, but right now he's proud of himself for being top of the class (naturally all the children discussed their grades)

@SilverStateLady that's brilliant that your children have adjusted so well to a new school system in a new country and kept up such good grades, well done to them!

I have two young adult daughters. One just graduated with a first and has got a job in London in her area of study ( fashion) and the other is year two at uni and works part time. Both live at home but pull their weight, follow respectful rules and are generally an absolute pleasure.
I’m so proud of their work ethic, attitude and the young women they’ve become.

My eldest son is brave and hard working, polite and helpful. He’s excelling at sport and is always laughing.

My middle daughter is a delight. She’s bright and lovely, hard working, sporty and has a most beautiful singing voice. When I hear her sing sometimes I cry (secretly)

My youngest is a bundle of fun and surprised, full of energy and passion. I was so pleased as her latest school report shows she’s working really hard to focus more and it was lovely to have such positive reports.

My dd had an ED at 11 she is now nearly 14. She is clever, hard working, good at sports, kind, sensitive and most importantly to have the resilience to go through this so young and come through it is amazing. We had 18 months of hell and worry. To see her now going to school and enjoying spending time with her friends, getting good grades and being a normal sometimes stroppy and hormonal teenager is a joy to me!

I love this thread!

My 6yo DD is amazing. She was born with a rare medical condition so she spent a lot of time in hospital as a baby, has had big 5 operations so far and endless hospital appointments, scans and tests. She still has some ongoing issues with her legs, bowels, and hearing, but she never lets anything stop her.

She used to be very shy, but she’s really finding her confidence now — she even performed a made-up song in front of her class the other week! She’s such a happy little soul and finds joy in everything. She’s sweet and kind and wonderfully bossy with her parents.

She’s a little behind in some areas academically (as medical kids sometimes are), but having her has taught me that there’s so much more to life than all that. She’s a deep thinker, I think that's her strength. She loves swimming, biking and writing stories. She has an incredible imagination and is wonderfully creative.

I couldn’t be a prouder mum. ❤️

So glad to see this thread revived.

I also had parents teacher meetings this week. My now 12yo with asd is in his last year of primary and we talked about the progress he has made in the last 8 years. It's the first time we have never had to talk about his behaviour and they said he has really matured and is ready for secondary school. He's also not easily being led by others messing anymore.

My younger DS meeting also went really well and he's improving in subjects he struggled with last year.

They also both won prizes this week for art they did in their spare time.

I'm very proud of them both.