Yes, sometimes they are still pretty cute!

That's so sweet. My bil is 13, the size of a full grown man (close to 6 feet, probably 180 pounds!) and he sometimes forgets to be surly and rude. It's very sweet. We bought ds some Chuck Taylor high tops and bil about peed himself because he has the same shoes as his nephew. He was walking around telling everyone they matched and was so excited. It almost makes up for him telling ds to spit and hit people in the "balls".

I love reading these!

My son's baby/toddler/young child years were just chock full of cute moments (like all kids!) But the cute moments that have come recently just make such an impression on me. I couldn't possibly remember all his cute moments from toddlerhood but I'll never forget his dance class or the sling comment.

You know what? Maybe it's not him, maybe it's just that I'm not longer a sleep-deprived mother of a very young child!

Very sweet I'm trying to picture my 12yr old ds attempting to hip-hop dance

I find the moments that touch me the most is when he's spending time with his little brother and sister and being incredibly sweet and patient with them. He's on the cusp of puberty so I feel like we're so close to losing him to girls/friends/coolness, etc.. I know we won't actually "lose him" but I'm sure things are going to change as he spreads his wings and gets ready to fly.

Oh, and Damian has worn Caitlin in the sling a few times and that just makes my heart melt

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I love that he's taking Hip Hop Dance class! I can picture it in my head what my son would be like and I giggled.

The one thing that makes me giggle every time and think is so cute is when my son says to me "You rock mom!" He still tells me he loves me all the time, he'll be 10 soon, however, the You rock mom seems to fit his personality more lately and I love it when he says it to me.

We can't just let this thread die!

I was diagnosed with asthma last year and I've been trying suppliments and other things in order to heal, in the hopes that I won't need the inhaler. So my 13 y/o (who usually has his head in Legos or friends or video games) recently said to me, "It's great that you haven't needed your inhaler lately, mom." It came as a surprise to me and I even said to him that I didn't think he paid attention to things like that. He tells me, "Of course I do, Mom, I want you to be better."

Then, last night, my dd (almost 10) was watching a home-improvement show on tv and a very pregnant woman was on. She asked me if I'd feel better if she changed the channel (I had a m/c a few months ago.) I was so touched that she was thinking of my feelings.

I guess because I also have a 4 y/o who is basically in that "the world revolves around me" stage, the contrast of having kids who are considerate on that level is just so sweet.

I want to share too

The other day my son came and sat with me on the couch as I was taking a break and flipping channels. He snuggled close to me so that his head was right under my neck and I swear when he does that when I look down at his face it looks the same as it did when he was a little guy...anyway...I paused on the Baby Story and I told Andrew, lets see if this baby is bigger than you were when I had you..it turned out that Andrew was way bigger than the baby on tv. He looked up at me then and said, "mom, when I'm a PGA golfer I'm going to take care of you". I just thought that was the sweetest thing-my 12 year old snuggling with me and promising me that he wants to care for me someday. It made me heart melt.
As he walked off from this moment, he belched really loudly and laughed as I looked on in disgust/amusement.
Ah yes, 12 year old boys are something.

My daughter, age 11, *still* opens the door to the house from the garage whenever I pull in from being away, and she jumps up and down like she is so happy to see me again. She's been doing this, in the same doorway, since she was able to stand up. It makes me feel good to know she cares enough to listen for me coming home and comes to greet me like that. And it never fails, our dog will come look out the door with her. I am *loved*

Keep these stories coming, I am enjoying them too!

I am so teary reading these posts! My eldest is only 6 1/2 but it seems that he is closer to the preteen set than the toddler set -- so I was getting teary thinking of him getting older and "getting ready to fly". My dd is that much younger, and so it doesn't seem quite as poignant with her.... I mean she just weaned like last year!

Carolynn

Last night my 7 year old son declared at the dinner table that he could no longer eat meat.

It made me feel good that he came to this decision by himself, shared it with us and explained why, very intelligently (not that he had to explain)

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How adorable! Here's one of my "cute moments": I lived in Florida for most of my life, so snow is a big deal to me. We're in England now. A couple weeks ago ds (13) was out walking the dog while I was upstairs cleaning. The phone rang and dh answered it. It was ds on his cell phone saying, "Tell mom to look out the window." It had just started to snow, and he knew I'd be excited. I thought it was so sweet that he had to tell me right away.