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Now that your children are back at school, you might have a bit more time to yourself to enjoy. But, Cadbury Dairy Milk Buttons would like to know what your plans to make sure that you still have everyday shared moments of joy with your children are, and how you plan on making the most of the time you have with your children during term time.

Do you make sure that you have dinner round the table together every evening to catch up with each other’s’ days? Maybe you have a scheduled family film night? Or are you planning fun days out together for the weekends? Whatever your plans, let Cadbury Dairy Milk Buttons know by posting below.

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My husband home schools our kids, so every day they get one to one time with both of us reading, and doing school work and we do arts and crafts and school trips which make great family days out and quality time together too, the kids absolutely love it, and it's a way were we all get to see eachother more. These are moments the kids will remember and appreciate.

I have 3 children ages 13, 10 and 6. My 6 year old finishes school first so when we get home we read together, I also put him to bed and we have cuddles and stories. My 10 year old daughter comes home, gets changed and goes out so i always put her to bed and we just talk for 30 mins. I spend time with my 13 year old son playing the PS3 when the other 2 are in bed.

My chidren are 6 and 9.

We have a Friday night movie night - where we all take it in turns to choose the film, we snuggle up and have popcorn.

We have a regular lounge disco this time of year too when its starting to get darker. Shut the curtains, lights off - LED water speakers on and dance around to their favourite tunes.

When we first get home together we all talk about our day. That one was tricky until I started talking about my day too - but now I get to hear all about what they've done!

the first hour back from school is an intense feeding frenzy which usually calms down then everyone enjoys a relaxing evening

I work shifts so I'm not at home regularly, but on the days I can I take her to school or collect her. I always make time to ask her about what she has done that day, but her usual reply is nothing! If I can do bedtime I always spend a couple of minutes giving her loads of kisses and cuddles. I always take her to ballet on Saturday and she will be starting tae kwon do soon too. I always try and plan at least one day where we spend quality family time together as between her going to school and us parents working we don't have much together time.

In the car on the way home my son and I chat ; no screens, no distractions, and he is pretty much a captive audience. We talk about school, work, and even what the tortoise has been up to...!

We sit at dinner time and have nice long chats about all exciting new year at school. We've also been planning and counting down to our booked holiday abroad so plenty of discussion and mental planning been done together.

It's so difficult during term-time. There is so much pressure on students now with masses of homework. My daughter's school is quite a far bus journey from our house. She gets home from school and I ask her to do her homework before taking her uniform off. It goes against the grain of many families but our kitchen and dining room are really naff so we eat in front of the TV when she's done - while discussing her day at work. We have loads of family TV on catch up so we chat and bond. Doesn't work for everyone but it works for us. I think the last thing she needs after 6 lessons, a bus journey, an hour and a half (minimum) of homework is then me banging on about her day in a silent dining room! We chat much better in our PJs in front of the TV.

Bath times and bed time stories and chats. A great way to reconnect after our separate activities.

The talks on the walk to/from school each day

A cuddle and a story at bed time

Yeah back to school means for us teachers back to work! I love quizzing them about what they have learnt and reading a good story with them.

My daughter loved reading so we always sat together in an armchair for quality time together while she read aloud, and had lots of cuddles before the bedtime nightly routine commenced.

I always make sure that we sit together and have breakfast together talking about the day ahead and again when they come home while I'm cooking dinner we chat about their day and if any problems or funny things happened.

Dinner times, we share the highs and lows of our days with each other and turn the lows into highs by laughing abut them now we are at home with those we love

try and have a meal together every night

I like listening to their day after school. I cherish the weekends more and devote more time to them. We love to bake, paint and go for lovely days out!

As both my twins have autism (my son is very severe & my daughter has asbergers) it's really important that we have time together as a family AND time dedicated to each of them. My son is non verbal but he loves listening to music so I make sure I put time aside to sit with him in his room & listen to his music & "chat" with him. With little lady, she LOVES cats & LOVES to natter so we'll play with the cat together & groom her & have some "mummy/daughter" time.

We always have tea-time together and I like to ask them about their days (but using different questions such as 'what was the funniest thing that happened today'? Or 'who was the naughtiest person in school today'? I also treasure our story time together after bathtime. They both have activities at the weekend but we try and do something fun as a family even if it's just going to the park.

i love to have dinner together every night, where we talk about our day

I really enjoy the walk to school and back with my daughter, even though it is a relatively short walk, it's nice to spend the time having a chat about things on the way!

My 6yo DD loves to show us her crazy dancing after dinner, it's the favourite part of my day. She makes me laugh so much the effort she puts in, she even strips off to really let loose.

We always have a chat about school and what they've been up to. We also keep the fun times rolling at weekends. This weekend we're hoping to see some Christmas elves open a Christmas shop (yes really!!) and have lots of other exciting plans such as seeing the illuminations and lots of other days out.

Love hearing what my three have been up to at school and always make time to ask about this...it's amazing how quickly their attitude to school changes as they get older. My eldest has just started his GCSE courses and my youngest (8) is full of wisdom from his new teacher (who is well and truly up on a pedestal!) - his latest nuggets of wisdom include (but are not limited to...):

'Mum, if you want to make your dreams come true, wake up!'

'It's hard work being a teacher and looking after 35 plus children, you know...' (Can only begin to imagine - *sweats)

Kids have been getting ready much earlier for bed, so that we can enjoy a longer family time before they sleep. it has been really good to let them shake loose all that energy