This is no longer about post about cute kids

[kristenbell]

DD is exceptionally cute, but she's too angry for modeling.

[Queen Mamadala]

All of my kids were gorgeous newborns and babies. I do think they're objectively beautiful with model looks, both editorial and commercial. I don't know if my older two daughters will meet the minimum height for high fashion/editorial. Dd2 is pretty tall for her age, so she may hit 5'9" like me, but I'm not sure about dd1. Dd3 will more than likely hit 5'9"+. I was joking with H some months back that dd2 has a Gap Kids/Old Navy look and her personality is more quirky/adorkable. Dd3 will be tall for sure. I'm curious to see how she'll grow into her features. She's really beautiful and shares similar features with my other kids. Her dimples are quite adorable.

My son is very beautiful in a "pretty" sort of way. He sort of reminds of the baby-faced Leo Dicaprio that has more androgynous features. He really is a beautiful boy.

I joke with H that he looked like a child model when he was a kid. I could totally see him modeling in a catalog as a kid. He was a really beautiful kid, and he's pretty damn handsome in a model-y/Hollywood sort of way. He thinks I'm silly, of course.

[andwhat]

Yes. Because she is. And she is a genius. No one can top her.

But I can also see other kids who are actually cute. 

I do think that DD is cute enough to model, but she doesn't have the personality for it. And I freak out about her picture being on FB, so I am definitely not putting her image out like that.

Haters gonna hate.

[lindsaymg]

Pictures removed

Well since you asked...

What you don't see in pictures of Carter because of the glasses is that he has the most piercing shade of blue eye and the longest eye lashes and the most expressive eye brows. His eyes are his best feature.

*this is not a statement on a preference for blue eyes /signed Brown Eyed girl*

[booboo173]

No I can not be objective. I think my kids are super cute, but I can say others are cute too. Ds1 was offered to model as a baby but he wasn't feeling the photo shoot.

[browneyedgirl9]

I think DS is the cutest thing ever. But that's also because I love his personality. I also look at other kids and think they are adorable too.

[halfpint]

I think B is above average, and find him cuter than a lot of kids. I get a lot of unprompted compliments from strangers. He's just kind of classically good looking and has well-proportioned features. He wouldn't be a model - he doesn't really do good posing on demand, he's not a great smiler for the camera. A lot of our pictures right now are just kind of dead-eyed serious pictures, staring off in the wrong direction, unless I can really catch him laughing at me. And maybe he's not as gorgeous as I think he is.

This is probably flameful, but sometimes I study his features to try to decide if they'll grow into weird looks. He has cousins who started out as pretty cute little kids, and now are really awkward looking tweens/teens...but maybe that's just age, too, and they'll be normal looking adults

Of course there are children more beautiful than mine, but I feel like I can relatively objectively say he's a pretty good looking little guy right now. And also, that I don't really put that much stock into it. I'm decidedly below average and have done okay in life

[tulips]

My kids are the cutest things ever and could totally be models.

I can also look at other kids and think they are cute as well.

[Queen Mamadala]

I do admit she'll be a stunningly gorgeous woman. I often wonder how she'll look when she matures.

Dd1. She was 2.5ish.


Dd1 is a natural in front of the camera. She was almost 6 here.


Last summer.


Last month.




I miss photographing her. My other kids practically hide from me if I have a camera out.



After she got her hair done.



Okay. I'm done. Lol

[cheeseandcrackers]

Queen Mamadala, i could totally see her being a Calvin Klein model!

[crazycakes]

Absolutely.

[brandienee]

Yep. I totally admit that I have "mom eyes" but seriously, my kid is freaking adorable.

[eddy]

Yes there are a lot of children better looking then my kids.

When they were babies and toddlers I was hard pressed to think anyone was more beautiful. As they have gotten older I am now more objective.

Leo looks like me so I tend to think he is the more beautiful of my two children. How is that for flame full. 


I don't think either are model material.

[rbp]

I have definitely seen kids who are cuter than M, but he is pretty dang cute (objectively LOL).

[awkwardpenguin]

DD is super cute, but it's her baby chubbiness and personality more than her looks. And her hair is a hot mess so we always have it in pigtails, so she's a prototypical cute baby.

[Queen Mamadala]

Evangeline is pretty camera shy. She looks like me.

Before braids.


After.


Having fun with makeup.




Putting this here. I found it buried in my photobucked the other day. I was around Eve's age. And with braids.


Henry. He rarely wants his photo taken.

[Queen Mamadala]

Aug 30, 2016 11:51:45 GMT -5 @stilljustash said:

yes, I think my kids are stunning.

other kids are cute, too. but modesty about my children is not my thing. lol.

*gigglesnort*

Good. I'm not the only one. Lol

[BaliHai]

Of course I think DD is SO CUTE. And I think she has a beautiful profile/is beautiful when she's sleeping, but when she's awake she's solidly in the cute category with her chubby cheeks and big cheesy grin and button nose. If people stop us when we're out, it's to comment on her hair (red and curly). My parents are love-blind and think she should be a model, lol, but I don't think so. She's average in all areas, and I am good with that.

ETA- Oh, and absolutely I can look at other kids and think they're cuter/prettier than her. She's in school with a little girl who seriously looks like a living doll, she's so beautiful. It doesn't offend me. lol

ETA2- Sorry, I also didn't read all of the replies before responding. Gross, @cookiemonster03. "Extra points" for being BHBE? Seriously gross.

[rootbeerfloat]

Yes, of course. Not the cutest ever, but close lol.

[Queen Mamadala]

Aug 30, 2016 12:02:09 GMT -5 @stilljustash said:

Aug 30, 2016 11:58:50 GMT -5 Queen Mamadala said:

*gigglesnort*

Good. I'm not the only one. Lol

I say this truly without snark, but i have to wonder if this is a cultural thing. I have no issue telling my kids one meeeeellion times a day that are gorgeous, beautiful, pretty, etc.

I often read people saying that that's a bad thing. I dunno. I want them to know they're all that and not need someone else to validate them.

same with intelligence. A's head is big as hell from all the compliments we shove in it lol. *shrugs*

I've wondered this, too. Because we tell them often they're brilliant and beautiful, because they are. Lol My mom did the same with me and my sister. When I was younger she told me her mom wasn't big on compliments and that she wished she heard them more. She still compliments us a lot. A few months back Grace saw a photo of herself as I was sorting photos on my computer. She stopped at one and admired her cheekbones. I totally laughed because it isn't something I imagine an 11 year old would notice. Cheekbones? I later remembered the times they'd ask who they look like or what features they have from my side/their dad's side. So she must have paid attention. I jokingly asked H if we were raising narcissists and he assured me she's not a narcissist. She's a gorgeous young girl. She can recognize and appreciate nice features, including her own. She also knows she's highly gifted and talented.

I wish I had her confidence at that age. I certainly didn't.

[frlcb]

I think my kids are cute. I think there are some ridiculously beautiful kids in the world. My daughter does modeling, and I still don't think she is the cutest kid in the world. I mean, she is to ME, but I know not to others.

Edit: Damn, I didn't read the replies. Sorry to post without reading the bullshit posted in between. 

[froggy76]

DD is really cute and I think she'll grow up to be a relatively attractive adult. Her personality is also adorable. But no, she's not model material and there are plenty of kids who are cuter. She has nice features but she also has my stringy, mouse-brown hair. I still look at her and think she's absolutely beautiful, though.

ETA: I see I missed something. Whoops!

[eddy]

I didn't see the original comment because I am not about to read 5 pages.

It was insensitive and hurtful.

[BaliHai]

I apologize, and I edited my post - I also didn't read all of the replies before responding. Cookie monster's comment was gross and unacceptable.

[carolinagirl831]

oh wowza, I replied before reading all the comments...

Now I do want to be clear, I did say my daughter has gorgeous blonde curls and green eyes, but in no way did i mean that is the only form of beauty .... so shocked at cookiemonster.... what in the world, I didn't see any replies from her did she say anything about her comment?

[Queen Mamadala]

Aug 30, 2016 12:05:49 GMT -5 @natariru said:

glinda thank you so much! I'm biased and think my boys are adorable.

I think babies and children are cute/beautiful in different ways.

I wonder how well it would go over if I said "blonde hair & blue eyes are overrated" Saying "extra points" is fucking disgusting and makes me feel a type of rage I don't want to fuel. LIGHT HAIR, EYES AND THEREFORE SKIN doesn't make you cuter or more fucking special or give you extra points. YOU ALREADY HAVE EXTRA POINTS JUST BEING WHITE.

Seriously WHAT THE FUCK.

That was my immediate reaction. I was like "Uh... WTF, seriously!?"

As if many POC don't have hair texture and skin complexion to contend with, add in light hair and light eyes. I grew up with a bunch of cousins who are also Black/white, and we all have varying shades of complexion. We were able to share a similar identity and struggle, and we felt comfortable and safe in our community/culture, but we were still bombarded with European standards of beauty of light hair/eyes being most desirable. A mixed kid with light eyes? It was a big deal and often seen in a more positive (white) light.

I even wore green contacts for a brief period in high school. Then I realized it was ridiculous and I looked fine with my light brown eyes.

My MIL, sigh, made some bullshit comments about dd3's eye color when I was pregnant. She mentioned she hoped she'd get green or light eyes. WTF!? They were blue/green for many months, but they ended up more like H's hazel. 

[jene]

Aug 30, 2016 9:49:49 GMT -5 @cookiemonster03 said:

One of my kids is exceptionally cute, except his head is all misshapen (he's getting a helmet Thursday, hah). The others are fairly average looking babies, but extra points for blond hair/blue eyes

^o)

No. Just no. That is offensive as hell

[dowagercountess]

I have no words for the Aryan standards. As hard as I work to get my kid to understand she is beautiful, and people come along with that bullshit. Fuck that.

[boxerdog]

I just assumed this was 6 pages of "yeses", but I see that it is not. Glad I glanced at the last page.

[kategm]

Aug 30, 2016 12:03:07 GMT -5 @bunnybean said:

I do kind of think she could be a model. She's really beautiful. But maybe not, because she's in a phase where when we ask her to smile, she makes the Chandler face.

We had to stop telling her to smile. If is say, "Cheese!" I'll get a real smile. If I tell her to smile I get something like this: