Tell us about the everyday interactions between your partner and kids that make you smile - £300 voucher to be won NOW CLOSED

[JustineBMumsnet]

With Father’s Day coming up, Cadbury’s Buttons have asked us to find out about the everyday shared moments you see between your partner and kids that make you smile.

Is it watching them horse around outdoors? Or seeing them cuddled up on the sofa reading a story? Maybe it’s when you see them do something that makes you realise how alike they are. Whatever the interaction is, let Cadbury’s Buttons know below.

All MNers who post on this thread will be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a £300 Love2Shop voucher.

Note: please feel free to share interactions between your children and your wider family or other adults in their lives.

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My partner works nightshift, we pick him up at 7am every morning (30 min drive away) the kids squeal when he Comes out the staff door like its the first time they've saw each other in weeks. Before he gets in the car he opens each door, kisses each dc, gets into the passenger seat and kisses me good morning. Something so simple but I love that feeling of him coming home with us and how happy the kids get at the sight of him.

My DH has taught 2 DDs to play chess. The youngest is brilliant. She has beaten him several times recently and the look of complete bewilderment and then pride that crosses DH's face makes me smile every time I wander in while they're playing.
The kids and DH also eat a Double Decker in exactly the same way which is quite disgusting and they all look at each other in conspiratorial amusement while doing so. They know it irks me!

Listening to my son (3) sing when he thinks no one is listening. He does a good version of Light my fire!

My 3 year old loves being thrown up in the air and dangled upside down by her daddy.

Daddy usually gets a couple of hours off late afternoon and pops home - I love seeing them play together, as you would, but the bit that makes me realise just how close they are is when it comes to him going back to work, and he clings to him and gives him the biggest cuddles, followed by standing at the window waving until he can't see him any more! It's sad, but a lovely moment at the same time !

My DH is DS's stepdad. They clicked from the moment they met, playing lego within minutes, and a few minutes after that DS had invited (now) DH on holiday with us

DH is a serious comic book collector, he has quite a lot of rare ones. What I love is watching them read comics together. I really do not care at all about comics, but watching them both laying on the bed, in the same pose - legs crossed, comic held up- next to each other makes my heart melt. Whenever there is an inset day or school holiday on the day of the week where DH goes to get comics, DS goes with him, and comes out with his own comic shop carrier bag with a carefully chosen comic in it. Then they spend the time when they get home in the aforementioned pose, followed by talking about the comics they both have read.

Maybe because DS's bio dad is not a role model at all, but it makes me fill with love watching DS and DH together. They love each other so much, and it's utterly beautiful.

I love that his parenting skills fill in the gaps in mine. For example, I just can't wash our older 2 children's hair without much whinging and complaining, but throw Dad into the mix and its a different story - apparently so long as he bellows "dunk me" at the top of his voice the shampoo doesn't sting their eyes.
It's nice to know that someone can pick up the slack for you

Everyday when my OH comes home from work DD runs to meet him at the door and they tell each other what they have been doing that day. Now DD is talking Daddy actually gets to hear about her day from her and not me. I love listening to their conversations. And DD loves to hear how many vans Daddy has fixed today!

My DH works in the City and gets to work before 7am. So he leaves the house very early.
When he gets home the kids are very excited to see him and he rushes to greet them just as much as they rush to him. He then spends about 15mins play fighting and tickling them, even though he has his suit on.
Sometimes when the kids wake up very early they want to "wave bye to daddy" and they rush downstairs as he is leaving and pull the blinds up to wave bye to him as he is walking down the road.
Very sweet and touching.

JustineBMumsnet - I take it you are not THE Justine Mumsnet?

If this were in Media Requests it would be torn apart.

By all means, assume that you are talking to "mum", and that "your partner" is
a - the one who gets a card on Father's day
b - a person who interacts with the children on special heartwarming occasions, rather than in the everyday mundane way that you do

Families are all exactly like that. Yep.

When daddy suggests chocolate at the wrong time ie dinner is not long away. Then the chorus comes "Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate" and they all do a wiggle dance. I am defeated and can't be the bad guy 🙄

I think, given my husband's size (think rugby player) it's how funny he looks playing so gently with our girls, either running up then kicking the ball all of 2 foot to them like it's a major distance or bouncing on the trampoline together making as little movement as possible.

When DH gets home in time to do bedtime story-he does it loads better then me with lots of expression and different voices

When he hides DS under the bed covers in the morning when he comes in for a cuddle. It always turns into wrestling, tickling and manic laughing :)

My daughter's smile when my husband goes into her room to pick her up out of her cot in the mornings!

My partner isn't my kids dad, but hes amazing at the outdoorsy adventure stuff. He taught them to climb, takes thr to show them tadpoles, encourages epic sword fights with sticks in the woods. I'm a bit anxious so I'm crap at that. It's lovely to see the kids gain confidence due to his input. My kids are 4 and 6 and he's been in their lives for 2.5yes.

I love hearing my DH read to the kids. He snuggles up with them - they love it. The other day I picked up The Graffalo's Child to read to my DS (6) and he said "Do you know why I love this book?" and I said "no, why?" and he said "Because it reminds me of snuggling up with Daddy".

When my 3 boys were younger they liked to play kiss, cuddle or torture with their dad. He always said kiss or cuddle and the 3 of them jump on him shouting " torture, torture" and pulling any hair they can see on his arms or belly. He screams in agony falls to the floor and then jumps up and does his big growly bear as he chases them around the house amid shouts and screams of laughter. It's madness but I love it and the boys always know it ends the same way. why do kids just love that?

For me, it's my DDs' excited cry of "Daddeeeee" when my DH comes home from work that makes me smile! So, I don't get that greeting myself as they see 'mum' much more, but I know that my DH loves it too and it makes him feel appreciated by our girls! They also love it when their daddy does his 'funny magic tricks' when they're getting ready for bed. They can be so tired and grumpy, but as soon as daddy does a pretend trip up or makes funny faces they end up in fits of giggles! Wonderful!

My favourite thing is listening to them read stories together, it makes me smile from ear to ear. They laugh so much it's infectious!

Our bedtime routine always makes me smile as once bath, teeth and stories are done our eldest always runs off upstairs to hide and then our youngest follows. He has to stop at every gap under the skirting boards to point out the 'spiders house' before finding his brother for a goodnight cuddle.

My DH is a builder so he loves it when one of our two boys helps him with jobs around the house the funniest was when my three year old picked up Daddies screwdriver and proceeded in removing the screws from his bedroom door handles all by himself

My little chocoholic!

This was him trying to be daddy....

Bedtime story time - one on his knee and the other standing up and watching from the cot, he always begins "are you sitting comfortably? and standing comfortably? then I'll begin..." and dd1 will not let him begin without this! He knows the popular stories by heart, which means he can display the pictures much better than I can.