What little things have your children done that made you cry happy tears?

[FlyingFleetwood]

A nice thread to celebrate our little ones.

Having a particularly shocking week, with work being awful, my ex, DDs father being a prick and withholding maintenance money topped with a cold..

This morning, whilst I'm helping DD5 get ready for school, she looks up at me from the floor and points at me and says... "mama, happy place".

That was it...floodgates open! I scooped her up and held her tight and said mummy was so happy she just had to cry happy tears.

Was such a precious moment.

What things have your children done?

When mine were 15 and 17, my marriage to their dad detonated spectacularly - alcohol addiction and abuse. So it was just the three of us. For my 50th, which followed a couple of months after, they contacted every single one of my friends and asked them to send photos of me with them if they had any, and say something about me. They compiled it all, printed stuff of stealthily and built a scrapbook for me.

I sobbed.

I'm going back a few years ago,but it was coming up to mothers day

I've always said that if the kids wanted to buy me something,to wait until the Monday as everything will be half price (no pressure-im not fussed if they didn't buy me anything)

Anyway,ds was at the stage of having a weekend job for pocket money-hed work in the morning and go to the cinema in the afternoon

This weekend,he didn't go but put his money to one side

On the Monday,he headed off to the sainsburys and bought me a box of chocolates

And on the way home,temptation got the better of him

I was handed a lovely,but empty box of chocolates!

As a kid I never got an easter egg

Partly as my parents think they are a con and my father hates spending money/hates chocolate himself (he doesn't see past the end of his nose sometimes)

I made an off the cuff comment years later about how I'd never had one to the kids,forgetting id said anything afterwards

Dd saved up her wages and bought me a big,very posh egg the following year (I think it was about £10 which was 2 weekends wages for her)

I cried my eyes out

Last weekend mine gave me a surprise party for 25 of my closest friends.. hired a beautiful place and made my birthday amazing. (we have a little bit of money now ) however 3 years ago were hunting down the back of the sofa for bus fare) ..

As part of his assembly, my 9yo sang 'True Colours' with his class.

The bit that goes 'and that's why I love you' he looked straight at me and pointed.

I spent the next 10 mins staring at the ceiling trying not to sob 😂

Let me be the first to nominate this for classics

When we were talking about about wishes and I asked what my daughter would wish for, If she could have anything. She said she wished to just be with me

My DS started a new school the other day due to a house move, and was really nervous going in and not knowing anyone.

When he came out I asked him how his day went and he said to me 'mummy it was great. If I could make friends in Yr R at my old school I can make friends here too!'

Melted my heart he had such a positive outlook on it.

My DS sent me a screenshot of the 12 week ultrasound of my first grandchild. Cried happy tears in the café where I was. DH cried too as he got emotional seeing me so emotional. Very few things touch me emotionally since dealing with PTSD so the tears of happiness were a milestone in re-connecting with my emotions. Can't wait to meet little one later this year 😊

My DS (he’s 5) brought home a rosette he’d made me at school for Mother’s Day because I’m “his best mummy”. Then he realised off his own bat that I’m his only Mummy, which he found very very funny. He ended up saying “but I still think you’re a really good Mummy even if you’re my only one” 🤣