Are you a proud parent? Here's a brag about your kids thread.

[KyndCulture]

This is the most handsome Kyndspawn.... he's getting his black belt in Shotokan Karate tonight...He's been waiting for this day for 7 years. I'm a proud mama today!

[Ravenseye]

1. Here's Mine

She's 20 months old and is the perfect kid. Slept through the night by 4 weeks. Crawled at 6 months. Walked fine by 11 months. Speaks in sentences now, and helps clean up her mess of toys before bed, without being asked. Plus she's super cute.

[KyndCulture]

5. oh lawdy

what a schmoopie cutie face!!!

You are in for some trouble when she's a teenager, gonna hafta beat em off with a stick!

[malta blue]

2. ok...

I am very proud of my little one too. This is her at the 1st grade poetry reading a couple of months back.

A black belt huh? That is awesome.

Mini Maltablue is an advanced blue belt in Tae Kwon Do. She is only 7. I fear for the person who tries to abduct her!

Congrats to your son on all his hard work!

[KyndCulture]

7. Awww

Kickin ass and takin names at 7! My kinda gal!

[LeftyMom]

3. Yay! Here's LeftyKid.

His reading is getting better and better, he can now handle newspaper articles and other adult level material with only a little help for polysyllabic or unfamiliar words.

[KyndCulture]

4. That's awesome but..

does he often sit in the dryer???

:rofl:

[Fleshdancer]

10. he can read AND he's dry without the static cling!

cute pic!

:rofl:

[miss_american_pie]

6. You should be proud

Congrats to him.

This is my younger son. He has learned to go into the buffet and bring champagne glasses to mommy.


And my older son, who learned how to write his name this week.

[Fleshdancer]

8. My daughter is incredible

She's compassionate, funny, happy, smart and she stands up for what she thinks is right. She is exactly what I always wished I could be.

[KyndCulture]

11. How precious.

That pic almost looks like one of my kid pics holding my brothers guitar....

She looks very determined!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

21. does she play guitar?

the reason I ask is because she actually has her arm and hand placed exactly as one would to play classical guitar... if she doesn't play, it's interesting that she would so naturally do that

[Fleshdancer]

42. she practices

She's never had any formal training yet, but she LOVES watching her father play so last Xmas my mother gave her my old children's guitar and that's how she practices. We know we want her to take lessons in some form of music and she really loves the guitar so I'm looking for instructors in the area. I know 6 yr olds can take piano lessons, but I don't know if any guitar instructors would be willing to sit down with someone so young. I can't imagine it would be easy.

She has recently started taking her guitar into her room to play in private...I take this as a good sign. She also likes to make up her own songs too and I tear up every time I press my ear against her bedroom door (evil mom!). The sound of her strumming the guitar while singing about being a princess who saves the prince from the dragon gets me every time. :)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

52. This is the only time I would ever utter this phrase

Call Guitar Center. They will know who will take a kid.

[Fleshdancer]

53. I tried that actually...

but the one person they recommended was way on the other side of town and her hours weren't compatible with ours. :( I should try again though. One of the many good things about Austin is the University of Texas. There's almost always a grad student willing to take money for help in just about any subject you can think of. :D

[jadedconformist]

26. aww. n/t

[DawgHouse]

48. A star in the making!

Music makes kids smart, you know :)

[SeattleGirl]

9. Here's my "baby", holding her nephew.

She's 26, and decided to go to college this year. She's interested in working with children who live or have lived in domestic violence situations, and/or children whose parents are divorced. She is smart as all get out, a very loving, caring person, and funny to boot. She's my pride and joy, for sure!

[Rosie1223]

12. My beautiful daughter

just scored a 32 on her ACT and aced her Calculus AP test. College credit with another year of high school to go. :bounce:

[Fleshdancer]

43. OMG!

Your daughter looks exactly like my life long friend! I know it's not the same person only because my friend and I are *slightly* older :) but damn, that's so freaky! My friend now works for the Peace Corps and is assigned in Africa. She's an angel on Earth. May your daughter find the inner peace that I know exists in a woman named Stephanie who, literally, looks exactly like her. Your daughter is beautiful by the way.

[KyndCulture]

13. awww come on, I know there's some more proud parents in the lounge!

:)

[ulysses]

14. don't get me started.

:D



At 9 1/2 months, Christopher is getting his fourth tooth, working on standing up unsupported, and has made up his own game in which he puts his little motorized race car on a stack of pillows, whacks the driver on the head to start the car, and watches it go over the edge and crash. Again, and again, and again...

Handsome Kyndspawn - congrats on the black belt!

[tigereye]

36. aw I love that age

what a cutie!


and all the other little and big kiddoes, too!

[Fleshdancer]

44. He's either very happy or VERY mischievous!

how cute!

[DawgHouse]

49. Adorable! He looks so happy!

[seemunkee]

15. My two

My son. In his 4th year of a 5 year program at Northeastern. Did a two week tour of Europe and a two week tour of the Mid-Atlantic this summer, got invited back to play in Berlin this fall and runs his own small record label.


My daughter with her prom date. Scored bigtime on the SATs despite struggling at school. She is working hard this summer on getting a portfolio together for application to fasion design school next year.

[AmandaRuth]

16. my darling daughter

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1630782

And mini, I do notice the flirting. :-) :-) :-) :-)

[jobycom]

17. Mine's a little ham! You should see her in movie theaters or restaurants

She can make everyone watch her. She gets the audience playing along. People yell at her, stuff like "Shut up, you little brat!" and they yell at me, too, like "Can't you control her?" It's all such a game, and we know they are just teasing so we just make her scream louder and louder. Everyone loves it!

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Okay, in real life, my seven year old daughter joined a swim team this summer. She couldn't swim at all. Yesterday we were swimming at the pool, and another father asked me how I had taught her to swim so well. Just two months of training for this team brought her from dog paddling to making up swimming strokes on her own! Very proud--not to mention relieved that I don't have to worry every time she's in the water.

[jobycom]

18. Added pic, just cause everyone else has one!

Daughter, grandmother and Biloxi, Mississippi over July 4th weekend, as viewed from the parking garage of the Isle of Capri Casino

[LynzM]

19. Our little bug....

Hamming it up in Chicago:




And sorting Pom-poms into families and then reading to them. I love it. :)




Congrats to Kyndspawn, a black belt is a lot of work!!

[Silver Swan]

20. My daughter

My daughter was recently married. She designed her wedding dress herself, and I made the dress for her.

I blocked out her face for her privacy.

[Fleshdancer]

45. WOW!

what an incredible gown! :wow:

[Midlodemocrat]

22. MidloKidlos.

Eldest will be 16 next week, Mike is 14 and BabyMidlo is 10.
They are great kids, all three. We're very, very blessed.

This was taken in Hawaii in May 2004.

[grannylib]

23. OK I have to boast on my youngest in particular ..just a bit...

My baby, Sarahbellum, is almost 19 and just the most delightful young woman...
She just completed her freshman year at college (she did the PSEO option, taking those classes while she was a senior in high school) and pulled a 4.0/Dean's List both semesters. She is smart and fun and funny and witty, and the best company ever. Artistic, musical (bass and flute), language buff (taught herself enough French over the summer to hop right in to second year class in college; aced it and can now get the credits for first year French, college level...)
She's considering either graphic arts or maybe double major in Poli Sci/language.
She could change the planet, I am convinced!

My middle daughter is already in a graphic arts program at a community college in the Twin Cities; she has a steady beau and he treats her well, which is all I care about! If she's happy, we are happy for her. She'll finish school in about another year. She's not quite as studious as the youngest, but she's doing great and has way more talent than I ever saw her display when she was in high school! She dreams of moving to New Zealand and would love to raise horses some day.

My oldest, unfortunately, is no longer living. She was killed by a drunk driver in 1998, just as she was planning her wedding to the father of their two kids, who are now 10 and 11 (my precious grandchildren, the lights of my life, are coming for the weekend, YAY!)
She was my best girlfriend and I miss her more than I can say.

[Ptah]

24. Not one tattoo!

[jadedconformist]

25. My little man

He's a blessing.

[AirmensMom]

27. Look what my airmen made for me.

:loveya: It's an oldie but goodie ... I need to get some more recent pics. Yeah, I'm proud of his parents, too. They've both made Tech Sergeant in the Air Force. :loveya:

[DawgHouse]

51. LOL! Great picture!

[KyndCulture]

28. kick

:kick:

[WeRQ4U]

29. My man, doing a little swimmin'

That smile means everything to me.

[Roon]

30. I am not a parent....just a proud uncle

My boyfriend's nephew

[MissMillie]

31. me proud of my kid?

this handsome devil just landed full-time year-round work, and will be attending his first semester of college in September (on scholarship)

[tigereye]

37. you must be so proud, Miss M!

that's nice.

[MsKandice01]

32. My 3-year--old

[DawgHouse]

47. Beautiful! Love those eyes!

[I Have A Dream]

56. What a beautiful child! n/t

[nosillies]

33. Boys seem sweeter when they're asleep.

My little man is physically very talented -- he was walking well at 8 months! But most days it seems he doesn't have a lick of common sense. He's my little dumb jock.:)

[Iniquitous Bunny]

34. Iniquitous BunnyGurl

She just graduated from 8th grade, awesome sax player, even better basketball player, a runner, most of her classes next year are honors, and she's obviously gorgeous (too gorgeous for my comfort sometimes)!

[AlCzervik]

35. Rsmarter Jr. one of the kindest most compassionate people i know, i'd like

to be just like her when i grow up.

At the Oxford museum of natural history, girl loves her some museums.


At her 5th grade graduation

[tigereye]

38. no pic, but I can brag

he's 10
he's smart and reads well.
he goes to a progressive school and asks really good political questions sometimes
he's kind and thoughtful
he likes swimming and plays the drums

he's a great kid and I'm so glad he came into our lives.

[leeroysphitz]

39. I'm proud of my son Johnny because even at his young age he

understands the value of money...





look how happy he is and he's not even a republican!

[KyndCulture]

40. My awesome kid is a black belt now.

He had to break a 4 inch board and he did it....


Congrats lil Kynd!!!!!!

Mom is as proud as you are!!!!

[Iniquitous Bunny]

41. Congratulations!

:woohoo:

[fight4my3sons]

46. My brag...

My oldest son, 3 1/2 not only got his first bike this week, but also started going potty on the toilet! He was very reluctant to start potty training so we weren't been pressuring him. We have tried a few times over the past year and then stopped when he resisted. For the past three days he has been doing great :-)

[DawgHouse]

50. Too cute!

[GetTheRightVote]

54. Not only do I love my son completely, I like and respect him as well.

One day some very, very extremely lucky woman will be his wife, he will love his children endlessly and completely as he does his mother or his wife. I could go on and on about his many great qualities but it would just take me more then this blog can hold. I could not be prider of being a mother, his life gives meaning to how great it is to give birth to a child. I love being his mom but I am also very honored.

:kick:

[patricia92243]

55. Junior in College at age 33. Going to be a nurse. Very proud of him.