In the past couple hours, my ten-year-old son has:

[Arugula Latte]

* brought me some apple slices he'd cut up, without me asking
* helped his little sister with her homework, also without me asking
* initiated and given me a hug
* told me he loves me
* offered to do yard work (yes, he wants a few bucks, but, still ...)

I tell ya, we're doing something right! :loveya:

-- end of Mom brag --

[Maggie_May]

1. Thats great!

sometimes they can surprise ya. You should be proud of him. See Mom he still loves ya.

[Arugula Latte]

5. Thanks!

:hi:

People post a lot of negative stuff here about kids, so I wanted to point out that they can be wonderful, as well!

[hippywife]

2. Have you called

the school yet to see what he did to get in trouble today? :rofl:

Seriously, tho...nice kid! :hi:

[Arugula Latte]

7. Heh heh ...

I know -- sounds suspicious, huh?

He was the safety patrol in front of school today, too. He's a great kid, all around. Got elected student council rep. recently.

Jeez -- someone stop me from bragging so damn much! :rofl:

[Bucky]

3. Sounds like he's overcompensating. Probably a sign of future drug abuse issues.

Just thought I'd warn ya.








hee hee :)



.

[Arugula Latte]

9. Thanks for the warning.

I'll take note! :hi:

[JeanGrey]

4. Ok what did he do?

[Arugula Latte]

10. Waiiit a minute ... What happened to that crystal vase ...?

Hmmmm ...


;)

[JeanGrey]

26. LOL!!!

O8)

[Parche]

6. Maybe

Its the change in the weather....no rain today!!

:hi:

[Arugula Latte]

11. Barometric pressure messin' with him ...

except he's pretty much consistently a great kid, unless he's very tired. Then he gets a little grumpy, but, hey, don't we all?

:hi:

[NightWatcher]

8. he's buttering you up for something

[Arugula Latte]

13. an iPod with a 2,000-song capacity, is my guess!

:)

[KitchenWitch]

12. My daughter got today's, half of tomorrow's, and half of Thursday's homework done!

:woohoo:

[Arugula Latte]

14. All right KitchenWitchDaughter!

:toast:

Kids ain't so bad, sometimes!

[KitchenWitch]

16. Funny how compliant she is about homework

when all summer she was not about doing the enrichment workbooks.

:shrug:

[davsand]

15. Has the angry father of that girl left yet?

:evilgrin:


I dunno if you guys are seeing it with a ten year old boy, but my ten year old girl is now ALL kinds of crazy about the opposite gender.

I'm hearing regular comments like "...he's cute and he's so SMART!" or else, "----- and ----- are dating." I'm not sure what constitutes "dating" at the age of ten, but I'm hearing about it every night and it is creeping me out.

They are not "babies" any more!



Laura

[Arugula Latte]

17. I know there is some of that starting, but my son seems sort of oblivious.

Probably he's not oblivious, but is a little embarrassed. I'm fine if he holds off on the whole girl thing until well into high school! :)

My daughter, on the other hand, is another story. :eyes: She's seven, and she already has had a couple crushes.

It seems like the girls tend to be more aggressive about going after the boys.

[Wcross]

18. Sucking up to Santa Claus I suspect.

Only 46 more days to be a "good kid" ya know!

[Arugula Latte]

20. Hey, I'll take it.

:)

But, he knows "Santa" tends to show, regardless of behavior ...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. Christmas is coming....

[Arugula Latte]

21. Like I said, he's got his eye on an iPod ...

:)

But, that doesn't explain the other months of the year when he's a big, thoughtful sweetie ... :)

(Can you tell I'm enamored?)

[Beausoir]

22. You ARE doing something right! I have an 11 year old son. He is capable of amazing kindness.

I love boys. I have two.

I love girls. I have three.

Give yourself a pat on the back for raising a nice boy.

[Arugula Latte]

24. Wow! That's a full house you have there!

I was happy to get at least one of each kind. They're so different and so amazing.

I think my son is going to be a fantastic dad some day. He is so nurturing.

Thanks for the compliment. :hi:

Congrats to you, as well. :toast:

[OzarkDem]

23. How sweet

What a good boy! That's a great age.

[Arugula Latte]

25. Thanks...

I wish I could "freeze" him at this age.. Although, I must say, I've really loved every age.

He has a fantastic sense of humor, and that is only getting sharper, so he keeps us laughing, as does his sister.

:hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

27. What does he want?

sounds like he is up to something and wants to get some plus points first :rofl:



Good for your son and I'm happy for you!!!!

[Arugula Latte]

29. Thanks, MissH!

:hi:

[Solon]

28. When I was his age, I usually acted like that when I did something really bad, or wanted...

Mom to buy me something.

[Arugula Latte]

30. Suspicious, ain't it?

But, he really is a consistently sweet kid. :)

[AllegroRondo]

31. His Christmas wish list will arrive soon

[MissMillie]

32. (singing...) he knows that Santa's on his way...

He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh....

[DS1]

33. When is the report card due?

[LaraMN]

34. Awwww!

What a good kid! Nice job, Mom!

[Arugula Latte]

35. Thanks, Lara!

Back atcha! :hi:

[TommyO]

36. Have you forgotten one little thing?

Christmas is only a little over five weeks away.

And yes, it sounds like you're doing things right!

[Kajsa]

37. Enjoy it to the fullest, Mom!

It's times like these we really appreciate
those little stinkers.

:D