Happy heart....

Yep.

That's all you need isn't it.

That is all it takes isn’t it? ??

It was my birthday about a month ago and my DD sent me a little video of my 2 year old GD singing happy birthday to me. Can't stop playing it. Makes me smile every time.

My very precious dgd once said to me I love you Nan you’re bonkers! haha very true, I also have a message on my answerphone that I will never delete although years old, saying nanny where are you? I need you now!

It puts everything into perspective, doesn't it? The unconditional love of a child is priceless and a balm to the soul in today's mad world.

When my little Granddaughter nearly three ,saw me today, she jumped up and down , threw herself into my arms and declared I love you grandma, and I've missed you.It was only Thursday when I saw her, but It was very much needed today as I've had some bad news regarding a friend.Cheered me up no end.

I get a lot of "I love you"s. from dgs aged 5, and yes it makes it all worthwhile. Not too sure though when he says "I want to come and live with you forever" or "you're my favourite nanny" - luckily not in front of the other nanny so far (please god). He only says it because I say "you're my favourite boy". (Only having one grandson). But grandchildren are indeed a joy - when my DS and ddil first announced her pregnancy I shed tears!

There's nothing like it is there? My 6 yr old gd has spent most of half term with me and she loves the attention I give her. Oh but I'm so fed up with playing Happy Families ?
Love the nana cuddles though.

I love it when GD launches himself at me for a hug... he is almost 14 so I really appreciate how special this is.

Lona I feel your pain re Happy Families! Of all the toys, games, books and crafting materials my 5 year old GD has at my house, it's always the Happy Families card game she wants to play repeatedly. And it's a very old and tattered pack that her daddy had when he was a boy, so it's lovely to see it being used again.

Lucky you Katek when I build Lego with my DGS I just hear ‘I don’t think that bit goes there Grandma’

I complimented GS2 (6 years old) on the lovely crystals he had grown on a tree. He leered horribly and said "I like your purple hair Granny" He's definitely learned to lay it on with a trowel

We recently took our 5 and 8 year old grandsons on holiday and as we were preparing to return home I asked what was the best thing about it and the five year old responded, "Everything, and don't ask me what was the worst because there wasn't one".

I love & treasure the card my dgd made for me age 4 when my aged cat had to be put to sleep. It's still displayed on my bookcase, though dgd is now a working woman!

Little things always mean the most ! My AC and GC always make me cry with the loving things they write in my cards too. And when they “quote me” my heart melts. My eldest GD had to face a very challenging situation recently and she just marched in and dealt with it so well. Afterwards she said, I just pretended I was you Nanny and told them calmly but assertively !! It worked and the bullying recipient was very shocked but has since changed their behaviour.

I had it all planned to move abroad and start a new life in the sun. Foreign bank account and various legal bits in process...... then.... GS said "please don't leave Granny, we love you". Looks like i am staying here for the foreseeable!

My GS is 11 and is not now given to spontaneous demonstrations of affection. It is not “cool” to warmly greet your grandparents when they come to watch you play football, so we are largely ignored - until the other boys have gone and then he clings to us like a limpet with the longest hugs, and always a kiss! That, in itself, is worth getting up on a cold wet Sunday morning for!

I told my GS he had been a good boy the other day and he hugged and hugged me for the longest time!

He doesn't often deserve such praise! - but I love him to bits anyway.

DGD 4 playing "tea-parties" with Grandad - leaned over and said - I love Grandad more than you. Pause and although i smiled and said that's nice - she said but i think B(her brother) loves you more than Grandad - talk about throwing me a bone - love them sooooo much!

The loveliest of lovely presents, Katek. A moment to really cherish. Thank you for sharing.

Just spent a few days staying with my daughter, her partner, GS aged 10 and GD aged 16 months. I sleep on the sofa and GS came down every morning and climbed under the duvet for cuddles. He also says 'love You whenever he goes out to play lol. He and his cousin aged 9 always used to cry when they said goodbye at the station but now try to put on a brave face but this time I leant into the car to say goodbye to GD and she held out her arms and cried. Needless to say I boarded the train with blurry eyes. Love them all so much .

Until you have grandchildren it is impossible to know just how strongly you can love them. We saw ours at the weekend, and my heart lifts at the sight of their little faces, so eager, happy, full of joy and expecting to be loved. I didn't have grandparents - only child born to middle aged parents who were the youngest of huge families so the grandparents we long dead - and I wanted to give mine all the attention I often didn't have time to give to my DS and DD. Everything else is abandoned and we play games, talk and have such a good time. They do have their moments of course, but I am so grateful to have them, they are the light of my life.

that love........those little arms holding us sooo tight. Pure and unconditional. Grateful beyond words to have been given the chance to experience it <3

Aww katek how lovely.

My dgs is only 10 months old, so no out of the blue ‘I love yous’ yet.
I did get that full heart feeling the first time I arrived home from visiting dgs and dil had text me saying ‘thank you for coming, we love you’. It was a proper wow, I’m a nanny moment.