[ARCHIVED THREAD] - BRAG ABOUT YOUR KIDS thread... (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 11/19/2006 6:45:03 PM EDT
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I don't know if anyone's done this before, but something triggered my curiosity about y'all's kids. Grown or not, grandkids, whatever. Let's hear all about them!! My daughter Andrea's the "together" one in the family. She's more organized than my ex and I combined, and is totally a self-starter. She'll be 16 in February (I've been told I need to purchase a shotgun soon!) and her passion is soccer. I love being a "soccer mom" and go to every one of her games. It amazes me to think that when she started the soccer thing, she was pretty much HORRIBLE! Now she's on a Premier team and last year she made the High School JV team as a freshman. No boyfriend yet, but I know that's just a matter of time! She takes piano lessons and her grades came Friday - she has a 3.4, which is LOW for her. I'm not worried, given this is her first quarter in HS and she's in almost all honors classes. She took driver's Ed last summer and so far hasn't given me a heart attack driving! Very good kid and we have a great relationship, although I wouldn't say we're best friends or anything... I'm not permissive enough for her to like me THAT much!  Now, my son Alex... he's 12.5 and not athletic at all. He'd forget his head if it wasn't on top of his shoulders. He is such a free spirit. An amazingly gifted musician (it runs in the family on both sides), he plays string bass in one of the Seattle Youth Symphonies. He also takes piano lessons. HIS passion is this online game called Runescape. He's starting to really love to play the bass though, and just today told me he wants to go to the best "bass" school in the world for college. Alex is a very loving son, and sometimes I actually worry that he's not distancing himself from me like most almost-teenage boys should. My ex says I should just enjoy it while it lasts, because soon enough he'll want nothing to do with me! So let's hear about YOUR kids now! 
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My surviving daughter, Sarah, will be applying for acceptance into the Physician's Assistant program here. In preparation for this, she has to "shadow" a medical professional. Her applications for consideration were numerous. She was selected by a local OB/GYN. She called a to inform me that she had the opportunity to observe the doctor during surgery one morning. She was a little apprehensive, but this has been her life's dream. I think she handled it just fine. I know that her mother and sister walked with her into that surgical arena, whispering angelic love and strength into her ear. Surly angels watch over us! She is the mother of two boys, who test her patience. They, Ethan (4) and Logan (2), are the pride of "Grand-dad" (me). I could not have picked a better husband for her. Mike is a strong leader of their family. We share in the respect and enthusiasm of firearms. Santa brought him an AR kit last year; a big boys answer to Legos. She has been blessed. Perhaps the Good Lord had seen fit to acknowledge all of her trials... the way she has persevered, rising above the tragedies in pursuit of a worthy goal. These are blessed days in which we live. We only need to look around to witness the wonder unfolding before us. Yes, she has turned out okay and is truly blessed... but don't tell her that when the boys are acting up. I'm one proud dad. buckmeister |
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My 16 year old, David, is an honor roll student and just an all-out nice guy. Tons of friends, involved in drama club at school, pretty easy going. Sort of doing that 'I'm alienating my parents so that it'll be easier for them when I leave for college' thing, but I think that's a teenage thing rather than a personality thing. My 10 (almost 11!) year old, Jessica is one of those people who are perfect, but naturally so, she doesn't even have to try, but does anyway. Honor roll student, athletic, lots of acquaintances, a few very good friends, helpful, mature beyond her years, practical, if something happens, Jessy will be the one who knows what to do rather than David. She's just one of those people. My 9 year old, Isobel looks like a china doll, but is as tough as old boots. She's the sort of child who becomes devastated easily, then bounces right back. Academically she's in a different place to the others, as they're very mathematical, her forte is more geared towards social studies and language arts. She's in elementary school, so no honor roll, but her grades are excellent. She's the sort of child who has a huge group of friends and sometimes they get jealous of her spending time with other people. One thing about all of my children which makes me very proud is: They're Kind, non-judgemental, friendly, able to be supportive of others, refuse to allow bullies their way - in their own cases and for others - and able to stand up for their own philosophies intelligently and without malice, even in the face of malice from others. They have great self-esteem, are resistant to peer pressure and able to make their own decisions - as much as is appropriate for their ages. That was a great brag! I really enjoyed it, they're such nice people, it felt good to actually come out and say it! |
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Mine is 20 years old. He has really turned into a great man. He is sensitive (not that he'll admit it.), very loyal to his friends, and has always stuck up for the underdog. Even at a young age. He decide early on that he was going to follow in mom and dad's boots and join the military. He did that while he was still in high school. He caught alot of crap from teachers and students alike about it. He just returned from a tour in Iraq. Needless to say we are very proud of him and what he has already done with his life. It has been an interesting journey to see how he has grown. For those going through those teenage years, there is light at the end of the tunnel. |
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I realise I didn't mention Jamie, 22 months, he's a cutie, but we're still finding out who he is at this point. He's got a wicked sense of humor though and is incredibly easy going. He's his daddy. Just thought I'd better mention him, I may have these brain problems, but I really should try harder to remember how many children I have. 
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Some day I'll be able to post in a thread like this, but until then, let me say that there are some great moms, dads and grandparents here, who have some pretty wonderful kids. You all should definitely be proud, and your children/grandchildren should be proud to have you as well. *sniff* 
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Yep, I tease my grandmother that she has four children - all named GailSueCaroleCharles :) Let's see....our gang is Zakk, who is 9 going on 19. Not extremely athletic but very dramatic. I joke it will serve him well someday when he's winning awards for it but right now it drives me crazy. He's a sweetheart though and an amazing big brother. Honor Elizabeth is 4 and my sweet, sensitive one. She has one heck of an imagination. She has an imaginary friend named Flower that she makes up stories about. She'll either write children's books or sci-fi books :) Reagan Hope is my stubborn, destructo-baby. If there is a way to climb it or a button to push on it she's all over it. Maybe she'll be my engineer. Alexandra Rose is 6 weeks old and we are still figuring her out. :) -Mrs.Monk |
There were 5 of us giving Mom fits. She would run through all of the names too. Thinking of them reminded me of an oath I took when I was younger; to NEVER be like my parents. And then the day their words came from my lips,"Because I told you so, that's why!" Maybe a thread needs to be started bragging on our parents. buckmeister |
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Where should I start I have 6 girls and one son, and they have all gotten their Mothers Brains....Thank God My oldest daughter is in her 3rd year at Salisbury State. She is in the Nursing program and on the Deans list. My second oldest daughter just got accepted at MT St Mary's with a Presidential scholarship, which is based on Academics. The rest of the shorties get straight A's, and are Great all around kids.... Sean |
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I love to brag about my son..his name is Will He's 14.5,..a freshman in high school. He's getting so tall, just my height now, 5'9, and I'm hoping he'll be tall like my dad, who's 6'3. He's in all the accelerated classes in high school, and keeps straight A++'s. I went to his parent teacher night a few weeks ago, and all his teachers raved about him. He participates, turns in work early, is pleasant and polite. He was accepted into a "future young leaders" conference to be held in a few weeks in Boston. His dad and I are both very proud of him. He's just brilliant. He hopes to be a Scientist, and is looking at attending MIT. He plays the tenor sax in marching band, and in the Jazz Ensemble (an audition only grou). Last year in 8th grade he won the "MVP" award at the all district jazz festival. Quite an accomplishment. He's auditioning this year for the all district jazz band as well for high school. He gets solos at concerts frequently, and he's really, really good. He's also an altar server in church, and very involved in the youth group there. He's sweet, polite, fun, affectionate and just the most wonderful kid. Doesn't yet have any of the typical teenage angst, sarcasm, or stand-offishness. He's just a dream. Here's a pic of him this past Spring..with his catch:  and in his marching band uniform: 
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I put my daughter to bed at 8pm Saturday night. She has permission to get out of bed iff she needs to go potty. Around 10:30, after the news was over, my wife left the room to go get a drink. She comes back trying to suppress laughter and says "Go look in <name>'s bathroom! Take the camera!" I grab the camera, sneak through the kitchen, the living room, the hallway, get to the bathroom and pie the corner, then nearly busted a gut. Finally managed to suppress my laughter long enough to get a couple pics of her reading this: 
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My daughters are all grown up and married with kids. Melissa had tough time with boyfriends after high school, one we had to put a restraining order on, another one we should have, but then she finally met a "good" guy and married him. They have 2 girls, Alexis, 7, & Alivia, 3, and 1 boy, Andrew, 19mo. Alexis, painted a picture for "Paint it Forward" and won Best in Show! Her photo will be on the front cover of their calender. Sarah and her hubby have 2 kids, Bailey, 8, and Gavin 5. Sarah has become a good gopher hunter! She can outshoot her hubby atleast for gophers, she tried pheasant hunting but can't get the hang of that yet. Amanda and her hubby have one daughter Taige, will be 1 in Dec, and are expecting their second in Feb. She loved shooting the AR15 when she was in high school. Also went deer hunting with us for a few years while she lived around here. We bought her hubby a shotgun last year to go pheasant hunting in SD. He did pretty good for the first time ever hunting. Proud of how all three turned out. Sometimes it was difficult when they were growing up, but now after they are grown up, it's like they are my good friends!
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no kids of mine, but i spent the weekend with my nephews and feel i can brag on them and know what im talking about patrick is almost 5 and he barely quits talking to breathe--hes an odd mix of big brother and little brother--he is a big brother and is the oldest child at home, so he is very comfortable around adults and is not scared of new faces--he is not really a little brother, but he has older cousins whom he spends a lot of time with, so he also says a lot of stuff that sounds like an 8 or 9 year old kid instead of 4--he loves soccer and got to play this year--he is almost too generous and polite when playing though--he hates to cut people off and shares the ball like a champ ryan is 14 months and very different from his big brother--he is a squealer when he does not get his way and may be much more difficult to discipline that patrick when hes older--he is learning to talk and is a sneaky lil bugger--he loves to get into whatever hes not suppoed to--hes a very happy soul--much more laid back than big brother, until the big NO comes 
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I love to brag about my two! My daughter, Meghan is 12 1/2 - She is my mature, yet somewhat shy, very responsible child who I swear is an old sole! She is a tall, beautiful, strong and loving young lady. She is a high honors student who loves performing in the school musicals, is active in 4-H, and she is an excellent writer. She truly has a gift for writing stories and poetry! My son, Raymond is 9 - He is an energentic, creative, young man with a smile that just makes your day! He is loving, sensitive, very outgoing, boy who sometimes has selective hearing. He too is an excellent student - honors to high honors. He is very athletic and enjoys playing indoor and outdoor soccer as well as baseball. Ray also enjoys hunting with his Dad. My Ex and I often receiving compliments on what good kids we have and how well they get along with others! Thanks for the opportunity to brag! Kudos to everyone here for raising great children!
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Our daughter (only child) is 22, she is going to school to be a Radiology Tech, in short she is the light of my life, I could not be more proud of her. She has always done well in school, in fact we always thought she would be a writer, her strongest subjects have always been associated with writing and liturature, and science, especaially biology. She has always had tons of friends, when I came home from work one night my carpool partner saw my front yard filled with kids, 'Holy shit' he said; How many kids do you have? I told him I only have one and she wasn't even in the yard!!! As I mentioned my daughter is going to school, what I didn't mention is that she is paying for it herself, my wife and I help her as best we can, but she pays for the majority of it by working a job as a restaurant manager. She is motivated and independant, and will be a great success one day I know. When she was younger, 14/15 she always said she couldn't wait till she was old enough to leave our house, (teen angst) now that she is older we remind her of what she said and she says we are nuts if we think she is leaving, she says she will be here till she's 30. I wouldn't care if she did. But that isn't going to happen as she recently got engaged to a very nice young man, (former Marine) they plan on waiting to be married till after she finishes school.....(See how smart she is!!) We love her, and now that I'm older I wish we had had ten kids just like her....
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I have 3 kids, and God I love them all so much and they have brought so much joy to my life. (ok, so I get all mushy when I think of them) Crystal is 19 and a freshman at Ancilla College working towards a degree in elementary education. She is a cheerleader and was on the softball team as well, but had to quit as work, school, cheer and softball left her no time for studies. Her grades are not what I would want, but A's & B's are still decent. Sara is 16 and a junior in high school. She is so tiny I am so afraid she will break in half when I hug her. No she isn't anorexic or anything, I watch her eat like a pig then sit down to watch tv with me, she's just tiny. She is just "doing her time" in school and has no desire to do anything after as far as furthering her education. Her grades are good and she has a brillant mind, but she has other plans. Liam is 3 and such a bundle of energy. He is stubborn and tough like his dad but yet likes to cuddle, like me. He's a big boy, he's 41 1/2 inches now (3' 5.5") and weighs in at 48 pounds. Gonna be a big boy like his dad too. Like wise_jakes daughter, he likes to read while on the pot too. His choice of reading material now though is the Toys R Us toy catalog, so he can figure out what to ask Santa for Christmas. |
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AZMAN: You know, if you *had* had 10 kids, they'd be nothing like her, as you would have introduced nine other random variables into the equation. Perfection is not something you f**k with. MrsGH: If it's any consolation wrt reading level, I don't think my daughter understood too much of the context of what she was reading. 
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I've never seen that camo pattern before, mark. What's it called? Or is that classified?
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I have two sons and a daughter. My son William is 17 and a senior in high school. Currently he is 2nd in his class and we are excited about him being class salutatorian. He plays foot ball, basket ball and is captain of his tennis team. He is the top math student in the school. After High School he will attend the local community college and major in Computer Engineering. This is a compromise with Mom. He wants to run away to Hollywood and be an actor.  The compromise is he will become an engineer first and then be an actor!  God I will miss him when he moves out!My daughter Whitney is 15 [also February birthday Donna!] she is my challenge but I do not worry about her as much as I do my oldest. Where he is impressionable she is unwavering. She is on the honor roll and plays Volley Ball, Basket Ball and Track. She was ranked #5 in the state in the high jump last year [as a freshman] but is considering dropping track because she doesn't think she's that great at it.  She toys back and forth as what she wants to do after high school between being an attorney or working with abused children. No matter what she does I know she'll make me proud.My youngest Wyatt is 7. Everyday he checks to see if he's taller than me [he's the shortest in the family, then me]. Everyday I say "No, you're still my little boy" and then I remind him that even after he gets taller than me he still has to be my little boy. He hugs me then. He wants to be big so badly and I want to keep him small so badly! He is very smart. Sometimes I think he's my smartest child. William has a photographic memory and Whitney is very analytical but Wyatt has such practical smarts, he loves solving problems. He is the top math student K-3rd [he is in 1st grade] and is reading at the 5th grade level. [which is still below Wise_Jake's daughter I see! ] He has a speech impediment that makes it difficult to understand most of what he says, which limits Wyatt very much. I wish he could speak better but I will miss hearing him say Buff a whoas [Buffalos] and many other adorable things he says.pictures? 
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Okay, I'll play too.... Kelly is 5 1/2 and my little mini-me. (I'm not sure if that's always a good thing...) She's smart, cute, very bubbly, and sweet-natured. Unfortunately since she's the oldest of the crew, she can also be bossy and a little on the selfish side at times... but she'll grow out of that, especially since starting kindergarten and really learning how to play well with others. She's a big help to me around the house and loooooves her family. Abigail is 4 and she's got to be my most sweet natured. She's somewhere high up there on the autism spectrum so she's also challenging in alot of ways. She's one of the biggest reasons I'm always in the kitchen baking or cooking something because she now eats gluten free/casein free and it's really made a difference... she's now progressing by leaps and bounds. Everyone who meets Abby immediately falls in love with her. Max, my little man, is almost 2 and he has to be the most mischevious, energetic, happiest kid alive. The kid has endless supplies of energy and is ALWAYS getting into something... it's not just the age either... he's soooo much different from my girls. He always has a smile on his face too- you can just tell he's happy to be alive.... and always plotting a new way to torment his sisters. He's all boy too. No worries about there being so many girl toys in the house when he was born. The first time he picked up one of his sister's Barbies it was to beat it against the wall and throw it down the stairs. And don't get him started on the My Little Ponies. He's always just been drawn to the cars, action figures, and camo. But he loooves his mommy- and I'm so glad. The girls are such daddy's girls that I knew I'd have to have a boy in order to have a friend someday. Here they all are (this is awhile ago) laying on top of the quilt I made for my mom.  My mini-me... another bed head in training.  Mad Max  Halloween was... stressful. Abby ended up in the hospital over that time with pyelonephritis (a kidney infection).   But they took the kids around trick-or-treating in the peds ward. I had brought her costume for her.  The little princess was pretty tuckered out when it was over.  The other two had alot of fun out and about that night though!  And I can't forget my last "fur kid." Ozzy- not even a year old yet. Goofy stinkin' dog. Likes to steal Max's pacifiers...  Thanks for letting me brag. They, with my husband, are the most important things in my life.
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Sure! C'mon and visit! She's just sooooo sweet natured and friendly, she'd climb right up in your lap and be your new best friend. And yes, she looked so sad and soooo precious, I couldn't resist taking all those photos. Thanks, BTW...
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 These are my girls. They are a little dirty in the photo because we ate dinner and then carved the pumpkin. Samantha is 10 months old and Olivia is 27 months old. they are my whole life. Sam is just starting to walk around and loves the goldfish we have. Olivia repeats everything you say and loves to watch the deer come in every night to my feeder. She sees them and yells "Da Da the dogs are back!" |
They're beautiful! And if you call that dirty, I have a little boy you should meet!  Patty |
Those Old Navy socks are great, huh?
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Haven't been visiting arfcom in a while because I have a new little one; he's 7 months now. He's more easy-going than my first; that comes as a great relief. My eldest, 3 yrs old, is extraordinarily creative. He makes up songs and plays adults like someone much older (especially his mother). He's a bit twisted about it, but he's 3. My youngest has just discovered that he can make funny noises by blowing on my belly. When he does, he gets this bashful smile and returns to burying his face in my tummy; his head practically gets lost in there. I don't think "Mommy tummies" are on the child safety list for suffocation hazards, but maybe they should be. |
Is that a Wicker Man?
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