Tell Cadbury about your shared moments of joy with grandparents - £265 voucher to be won! NOW CLOSED

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Whether you spent every weekend with them, just saw them occasionally or had on on-the-phone relationship, grandparents are people who often bring back exciting memories from childhood as well as heartfelt moments in adult life - and with Grandparent’s Day coming up, Cadbury Dairy Milk Buttons would love to hear about them.

So, whether they’re of being taught how to bake, of sculpturing sandcastles at the seaside or intense games of scrabble, tell Cadbury Dairy Milk Buttons about the moments of joy you’ve shared with your grandparents or those you’ve witnessed your children share with your parents.

All those who post on the thread will be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a £265 Love2Shop voucher.

Thanks, and good luck with the prize draw!

MNHQ

I remember spending time with my grandmother and she taught me hot to cook a Sunday roast

Being taught how to play cards.

My memory is spending a summer every year with my nanny who lived 60 miles away - we always had a week there and she saved 5p's all year to be our spending money for the week!
My little ones have a great relationship with their grandparents so I hope they have happy memories in the future too!

Baking with Grandma- certain smells always remind me of her. And what made it more lush was if we were doing it while my sister was in the naughty corner waiting for the barometer to change. Hilarious that she never knew you could twiddle the dial in the middle to move the arm!

playing cards! Every time I visited we would have a "buffet" - consisting of tinned ham, tinned salmon celery sticks and a quiche. But my granddad would always want it cleared away quickly and a green cloth put on for the more important event of playing cards!

I used to love a sleep over at my grandparents house, used to do all kinds of fun things and get spoilt. Its so nice seeing our children have those special moments now.

I remember we lived at my grandparents once and we used to wake up and go into their bedroom in the mornings, she used tell us stories and my grandfather was asleep. that is one memory that will always stick in my mind

he may not be my biological dad/children's grandad but he has done more for us and given more love than we could ever ask for! my children love their grandparents dearly. Our yearly summer holiday with them is such a special time to spend all together :)

When I was in primary school my nana lived on the 10th floor of a block of flats right next to the school. Twice a week at lunchtime she would start boiling an egg, come down in the lift where I would meet her at the door and we'd go back up in the lift together (I couldn't reach the buttons). I had boiled egg and soldiers in front of her electric fire watching The Sullivans, then back to school. Happy memories :)

When I was a child I loved staying with my grandparents as I would also see my cousins. I remember days spent making perfume out of water and rose petals, or making china gardens out of broken pottery. My DD has never done either which is a sign of the times.

My best moments with DD and my parents are going on holiday with them, so that DD can recall days at the beach splashing around.

My son teaching his Grandma how to play Cheat is always a joy to watch! She doesn't really understand the concept as she's such an honest person...it is always very funny seeing them together!

Walking along the beach with them.

it was when we went to Blackpool for my aunt's birthday, one of the best holidays I had

A couple of memories are dear to me, we always used to have a seafood supper on a Sunday evening, and secondly my Nan taught me how to play cribbage which I just loved to play! :)

I have lovely memories of spending time with my grandpa on his allotment and the joy of learning how the vegetables were grown. It's something that I treasure and have passed down to my children with our own vegetable patch in the garden.

One of my favourite memories of my grandmother is when she used to babysit me after school - she used to let me dress up in her clip-on earrings, use her make-up and walk around in her heels and dresses. I loved her so much but she died when I was 9 years old - it's very strange because I can still picture the times we spent together, and yet I forget where I put my keys or what I'm supposed to be doing - my memories are vivid which I'm pleased about because it keeps the memory strong

playing on the beach, watching your parents grow younger with every minutes

My daughter loosing her first tooth, and Nanny giving her a special key and box for the tooth fairy to put a coin. She told her a little story, and from then on every time she uses the key she remembers it's from Nanny.

I used to go to my Grandparents house every Sunday. My grandmother would walk me to the bakery down the road to get a hot sausage roll and a cake. We would then go to her house to her spare room full of my grandfathers Army memrobelia, and he would be sitting in his chair and he would tell us stories from when he used to be a paratrooper :)

My daughters are very fortunate that their grandparents are all around to see them grow up. I wasn't so lucky as they lived far away, but I did spend the whole summer at their house when I was 10. It was such an adventure in a foreign country and living in a different climate experiencing a different culture and eating all the amazing food, I'm glad I spent the time with them as they died a few years ago.

the most memorable was a day out to the zoo which enthralled young and old alike. lovely experience

My Grandpa taught me loads about gardening up to aged six. We had to move with my Dad's job I was heartbroken. In the post came a parcel of primrose and violet plants beautifully wrapped in moss ready to plant in my new garden. The smell was gorgeous and they grew for many many years I had some at my wedding 15 years later - best pressie ever!

My son recently teaching Gran how to view holiday photos on a tablet device.....which way to swipe, how to rotate it, pinch and zoom.....utterly hilarious and yet lovely to watch two very different generations together.

Lots of fond memories of my grandmother. She suffered from dementia in her last days but even those were filled with fun. we can't help but smile and laugh at her cute times of forgetfulness.Miss her dearly

Every Saturday I used to stay at my Grandma and Grandad's house and it was the most exciting feeling ever. Grandad had an orange container he called 'Dusty Bin' that was full of chocolate (which I was allowed to eat for breakfast unbeknown to my Mum and Dad). He was ex-Navy and used to get up about 5.30am every morning. I used to get up with him and we had the most amazing chats. I was 13 when he passed but from a young age he used to talk to me like a person, not a daft child. He told me many of his war stories but said he'd tell me the rest when I was older. I often wish I could hear them because I never was older!