What are your happy stories

[Anonymous]

My 3.5 year old boy, who has always been independent and not very kissy-huggy, pulled his chair right up to mine at the dinner table the other day and declared "I'm sitting beside mommy because I love my mommy".

Awwww..... I've waited 3.5 years for this. It makes those rough first few years of parenting worth it.

[zumbamama]

Anonymous wrote:My 3.5 year old boy, who has always been independent and not very kissy-huggy, pulled his chair right up to mine at the dinner table the other day and declared "I'm sitting beside mommy because I love my mommy".

Awwww..... I've waited 3.5 years for this. It makes those rough first few years of parenting worth it.

awww...i love those i love you reminders. DS will ask me a million questions about everything, (like in that scene of Home ALone where Kevin is asking the driver about EVERYTHING) and by the million and 1st question, I'm like "WHAT?!!?!" and then he pauses and says, "I, I love you, mommy." ANd then I feel guilty for feeling slightly annoyed and give him the biggest hug. aww : )

i love the ikea story too...so sweet. And the rear end stories have me rollin : )

[Anonymous]

Today, my three-year-old boy who isn't that physically confident actually got up and stood on his father's shoulders in the pool. I could hardly believe it. Even his face looked different - maybe it was just the joy and confidence...anyhow it nearly made me cry with joy.

And that's just today. Motherhood is amazing nearly every day. What a gift.

[Anonymous]

My 3 year old DD is a "delicate flower" as my DH and I put it. We were at the beach for a month in August and spent lots of time at a little cove where kids would hunt for critters. At the beginning of our vacation she stayed at the edge and sort of just observed goings on. Would chat it up with kids, but wouldn't touch any of their "treasures."

By the end, she was wading in up to her waste catching moon jellyfish, touching minnows, crabs and starfish and just 1,000 percent more confident.

We were both tickled pink!

[Anonymous]

Such a fun thread. We live on the west coast now and today we went to the state fair with our 2.5 year old son. He had a really great time with everything - intently watching and clapping for a horse show that we watched briefly, loving the cows, pigs, corn dog he had and watching people on all the rides. But for the first time ever, I decided to play one of those games to try and win him a little stuffed animal. I chose Skee Ball - sp? - (which I love...). It was close, but on the last ball I squeaked by with enough points to get him a little stuffed penguin which cost us all of 50 cents and of course was the cheapest looking stuffed animal you ever saw. As soon as I handed it to him, he treated that penguin like it was his most prized possession ever. He held it the whole way home in the car, walked around the house with it all night, and is of course sleeping with it tonight. I'm one beaming mama!

[Anonymous]

Last night at 10:30 pm as I went to bed, I noticed that DS's door was wide-open. Without looking inside, I pulled the door closed quietly and walked into my room. There I founds DS (3) asleep on our bed. He was on his tummy , hugging his lion (his lovey) and fast asleep on my husband's pillow. He looked so cute. He had even brought his sippy of water with him and left it on the night table. It was amazing to me that he did this without us hearing him and that he just put himself to sleep and didn;t instead come downstairs to where we were watching TV. It was just very sweet. We hated to move him :0)

[Anonymous]

What a great thread! Some of my favorite times this summer were the afternoons we could spend at the pool - no matter how cold the water, our 21-month old son loved nothing more than jumping from the side into our arms - "again!" "again!" "again!"

[Anonymous]

A few days ago I posted about having great first week home with my newborn. My post prompted some people to write in with "reality checks" for me and some not so nice comments. (perhaps I invited this, I did say "I know I will be flamed. . ." in the subject)

The OP of this thread began it after writing an encouraging note to me the evening I shared my experience. I don't know if my post facilitated this one, but thanks OP.

I have to think that sharing with others what makes us happy is good for the soul. Good for others. Just the act of writing it down provides permanence, and cements the experience. I am a new mom, and these stories will surely rattle around in my head when the tough newborn stuff begins.

Thanks to everyone who gave me a great smile tonight.

[Anonymous]

PP--people found your post annoying bc you weren't posting about the joy of parenting, but rather how easy you found it. it therefore just came off like a bragging session about yourself--as opposed to a post about your baby. just clarifying the distinction bt this thread and yours... good luck with everything.

[zumbamama]

Anonymous wrote:A few days ago I posted about having great first week home with my newborn. My post prompted some people to write in with "reality checks" for me and some not so nice comments. (perhaps I invited this, I did say "I know I will be flamed. . ." in the subject)

The OP of this thread began it after writing an encouraging note to me the evening I shared my experience. I don't know if my post facilitated this one, but thanks OP.

I have to think that sharing with others what makes us happy is good for the soul. Good for others. Just the act of writing it down provides permanence, and cements the experience. I am a new mom, and these stories will surely rattle around in my head when the tough newborn stuff begins.

Thanks to everyone who gave me a great smile tonight.

Hey PP, actually yes, your thread did get me started on this one. But also because I notice that positive-toned threads disappear so quickly, and I like reading the positive ones. I saw a couple good ones disappear in the last month...one about creating goals for yourself, creative ideas for kids, and then yours (well didn't disappear, just got trashed). Personally, I didn't get the sense that you were bragging, but people read the same words in different ways depending on their disposition. An optimist by nature, I interpreted your post as happy and a pleasant read.

[Anonymous]

My DD6 made me laugh this morning - she was petting our family cat before school when she pronounced "Mommy, the cat's whiskers remind me of long telephone pole wires!" and then "Wouldn't it be funny if there were lots of little tiny birds sitting in them, driving him CRAZY?!" I love that her imagination is soaring like that. I love it too that her sense of humor is evolving into a more witty, dry humor like mine!

[Anonymous]

I took my son to his first day of Pre-K today.

I've stayed home with him since he was born, and today, I feel like it was sorta like a graduation day for me. After the 24/7 work for 4 1/2 years, I got to see that confident and happy little boy striding into his room to take on all the fun and challenges that lie ahead.

Once he got to the center of the room, he stopped for a minute to look back, smile, and wave good-bye, and I felt like my heart was going to burst.

It's a bittersweet moment. I'm returning to work, and this chapter of my life is closing. But I am so proud.

[Anonymous]

Hey! My son made it to the bus stop on time today! Small victories, people.

[Anonymous]

a few months ago we were going through a really hard time in our marriage and were fighting a lot, in front of dd too. lots of crying and anger and heartache. in one of my crying sessions when i was just feeling so helpless and hopeless, dd came to me and hugged me and patted my back, "it's ok mommy. don't cry."

[Anonymous]

i also just took my daughter to kings dominion for the first time on labor day and she rode her first big kid roller coaster and loved it. after riding the scooby doo a couple times, we went to get lunch. while chewing on her meal, she happily declared "scooby doo roller coaster is the BEST roller coaster EVER... this corn dog is the BEST corn dog EVER!" everything was the best ever. it was great.