Tell us about your everyday shared moments of joy with your DCs – £300 voucher to be won! NOW CLOSED

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We’ve been asked by Cadbury Buttons to find out about the everyday precious moments you share with your child, that fill you with joy.

So, what are your everyday shared moments of joy? Perhaps it's singing along in the car to a favourite tune or re-reading a favourite book together? Maybe it's watching a favourite movie together for the umpteenth time, or that last cuddle before they go to sleep?

Whatever your shared moments of joy are, please share them with Cadbury Buttons (and each other!) below. If you have any pictures of these moments, please feel free to share them below, we’d love to see them! All MNers who post on this thread will be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a £300 Love2Shop voucher.

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Thanks, and good luck!

MNHQ

Reading a book at bedtime

I cherish our days out together, especially when we go our for walks and picnics and play games together. Playing amateur baseball is always fun for us and competitive!

It is always the simple pleasures - a cup of tea in bed (for me) and a cuddle reading a book together or watching a film my children love.

Nothing much beats wathcing them open Christmas stckings

When they say they love you for no reason.

Reading a bedtime story is always a special time for us. He loves stories and I enjoy the time together alone.

we read together every evening, i love seeing how my daughter loves books and associates books with love !

I definitely love snuggling up with a book with my kids. I also love hearing about their day and what they've learnt at school. I cherish every moment as I know they are growing so fast!

Just seeing their smile every day x

It has to be how we all laugh when playing top trumps and daddy gets caught cheating trying to have a higher number than he does. Kids find this very funny when daddy get told off in a joking way

When my eldest child kisses my youngest, it melts my heart. The best things in life are free.

I love seeing the relationship between my children everyday. They are best buddies, they miss each other when not together and they just love each other to bits. Yes they squabble like all siblings but that brotherhood between them is a joy to watch :-)

Dd has diagnosed learning difficulties, and has, at nearly 8, still got the phonics flash cards for letter sounds.
I was reading Mr Tickle to her the other night and I was moving my
Finger along the text while I read.

'Mr Tickle reached up with his...'

She pipes up:

EXTRAORDINARILY LONG AAAAAAAAARRRRRMMMMMSSS!!!

Reader, I cried! I was so proud/happy/tired because of lack of sleep/hormonal,
I just let it all out! She got the point of repetition and finally associated the long arms with Mr Tickle!

I love to snuggle up on the sofa and watch a movie :)

For me it has to be quite simply 'I love you' - especially from my ASD DS.

I think our greatest pleasure was eating out or having a take-away. We always sought out vouchers or similar, so we could take them to a good restaurant (sometimes very good, such as The Crown at Whitebrook) at an affordable price. We never ate out on our own, as our children were such an (almsot adult) pleasure to be with.

When my nearly 12 year old asks me to come and chat with him at bed time. It's something he stopped wanting regularly a couple of years ago but occasionally he still asks and it is a special time together. We have our best chats then and its when he tells me about any worries or asks for advise. It's my favourite moment in the day with him and the older he gets, the more I cherish it.

I love reading them a story before bedtime and then kissing their little heads goodnight, they look so peaceful and beautiful

laughing til we cry and unexpected hugs

I love spending time painting with my LO

with both my children and grandchildren it is seeing the little things like their first steps, playing together and them giving me hugs

Bathtime for me - love wrapping them up in a fluffy bath sheet and having a cuddle - bliss!

I love those early morning cuddles and sitting round the breakfast table talking about the hope for the way they want the day to go at nursery and school and the enthusiasm

Singing their favourite nursery rhyme time after time just because you love them so much

An unexpected hug :)

whenever they bring a picture home from school and show it you with immense pride xx