Today is World Smile day and I can’t think of a better way to mark it than sharing 10 things that make me smile.
In the last year it was sometimes difficult to think of a reason to smile, but believe me, even in the darkest of moments there can be a reason to smile. I can’t think of a better way to celebrate World Smile day than to share some of the things that really make me smile.
10 things that make me smile
1. This Picture
It is not often we get a group shot but this one, well it just sums us up really. Silly faces, always laughing and just all completely involved in the moment.This is the background on my phone and I honestly smile each time I see it.
2. Memories
I can’t be the only person that smiles to themselves randomly in the day? For me that smile usually comes from a memory. It could be something that happened that day or 20 years ago but if my mind slips back to it, it will most definitely raise a smile.
3. Christmas
Just thinking about it makes me smile. I can’t think of a single thing I don’t love about Christmas. From the shopping, to the decorations, the food, the lights, the smells, all these things make Christmas and have me grinning from ear to ear!
4. Disney
It goes without saying that a visit to Disneyland will make me smile but it is all that Disney is that truly brings a smile to my face.
It has true happiness and magic running through the heart of it and I love the feeling it brings with it. Sharing with the children is one of my favourite things to do. Watching their eyes light up is guaranteed to make me smile.Again though, it evokes memories for me of being a child and standing in line at the theatre to watch the Little Mermaid for the first time and dancing along to the Sing-A-Long videos we had.
5. The Sea
I don’t hide my dislike of a sandy beach well, so this may seem like a total contradiction…But I adore the sea. Thinking about the sound of the sea and the smell of salt in the air has me smiling instantly. I could watch the waves rolling for hours, all the time grinning like an idiot.
6. Photographs
I am a little old school when it comes to photo’s. OK so I hardly ever use a real camera anymore but I do regularly make sure I get photo’s printed.
I make scrapbooks with them, I put pictures in frames all over the house and I love sitting down and going through them time and time again. I know I could do this with my phone but there is something special about holding a picture in your hand. What can I say? Nostalgia makes me smile.
7. Coffee
A few years ago, if you’d told me that a coffee would make me smile, I’d of laughed at you (Kind of a smile I guess!)Flash forward and now good coffee is one of life’s pleasures. I don’t discriminate against my coffee, I like a wide range, various flavours and I have no preference on coffee shop brands. I take them all.
Sitting alone, cradling a cup a Joe at home or in a coffee shop will make me smile. Putting the worlds to right over a steaming cappuccino with a friend is bound to put a smile on my face.
Or curled up on a Sunday morning while refereeing the children. Overseeing homework with a large coffee in my favourite mug. This will make my face stretch as wide as it can and my heart sing. So yeah coffee really makes me smile.
8. Being silly
Life can be hard sometimes, we have to be adult and responsible so much of the time that it is hard to remember to stop being the grown up for a minute.
I love nothing more than being silly and a little mischievous. If an opportunity presents itself, I will always take it.
Like the ‘Sausage importer’ sign we spotted in Bakewell, too good a pun to pass up on.
Or watching my Dad and F being silly together, or spending half an hour creating silly snapchats together.
My favourite is laughing until you need to pee and your face hurts from smiling. Those moments are priceless.
9. Sunshine
I think its clear to most by now that I am a HUGE fan of the cooler months and yes, I might have been known to occasionally moan about the heat, So again this might be a little conflicting, but …
The Sunshine makes me smile. It doesn’t matter if it Spring, Summer, Winter or Autumn, a hint of sunshine in the sky will never fail to raise a smile from me.
Sunshine brings hope of a good day, maybe better times to come and you know what I really love about it? Everything looks better in the sunshine.
10. Music
For a huge music lover, I have not really ever talked about it on my blog.
I adore music, I love going to watch live bands, I can’t drive without music on, some of my earliest memories feature music in some form and I fall in love with songs every single day.
There is something so wonderful about singing out loud, windows down in the car and the sun shining to make my soul smile!
And that’s it, 10 things that make me smile. Of course there are so many things that make me smile, my family, friends, achievements, good TV and seeing other people smile and then probably a million more things.
You can read here what has kept me smiling in Lockdown as well!
I really think smiling is my favourite thing!
What makes 10 things make you smile? Can you always find something to smile about, even when things are not so great?
I smiled a lot while reading your post…keep smiling…keep shining
Thank you so much x x
Cute article
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Where is that Disney photo taken?
Thank you! The picture is Disneyland Paris x
Aww this is such a cute post. I love these x
Thank you x x
Being silly is the best:)
Oh it sure is x
THis was a fun read – thanks!
Thank you for reading x
Sometimes smiling is the simplest way to feel better when you feel down. There are a lot of things that make me smile the key ones being food, the beach and spending time with my family.
All perfect smile inducing activities x
The pictures of you and your family as so lovely! Such lovely photos x
Thank you Chloe x x
Great list. Love all the photos.
Thank you x
Oh, the Disney sing-a-longs! I should dig around and see if my dad still has ours!
We got rid of them and I kick myself all the time about it x
These pictures made me smile, too. Being silly is so much fun sometimes. I think if we didn’t laugh about something we’d go crazy. 😀
Oh most definitely! ☺️
Oh thank you for this. In dark times it is still always possible to raise a smile. I will definitely remember these things and just reading this post has honestly made me smile.
I’m glad I made you smile 😊🥰
Such a great post to remind us of something so basic that we often forget. I love looking at old photos, they always make me smile. Whenever I have a bad day I do that. It helps me take my mind away and just puts me in a better mood. Thanks for reminding me to smile and Happy Smile Day! 🙂
These are such lovely photos! Looking back over photos always makes me smile as I love how they bring back memories.
They keep a moment alive, I love that x
This post made me smile! Sea is one of the top things that makes me smile as well. I love going there in the morning, evening and even in the middle of the night. Just feels so right.
On another note, my dog makes me smile. The way she jumps up in happiness when I come home from work. That feels so great
Dog’s are just the happiest things, i don’t have one but a cute, happy smiley dog gets me smiling every time. They are such characters x
Hey, Is that mojito you are drinking in your about me page photo? Even if it’s not, that’s what it reminded me of. One more that made me smile today.
It most certainly is! It was delicious as well. Thank you for reminding me of that moment, I am now smiling again x
Awh lovely post Claire! I love that first photo of you all! It’s so important to take time for the things that make us smile. Disneyland definitely does it for me too! x
Thank you! It’s my favourite picture ever 💕
A lot of great things to smile for indeed. I love the christmas section especially the photo.
I love the fact that so many of them are your family/things you like to do with you family/ memories or photos of things you‘ve done with your family.
Family is everything 💕
Lovely pictures, I am feeling happy 😀 Very beautiful post.
Thank you so much 💕
I would have picked the exact same 10 things. I don’t think I could think of anything else. Awesome post!
Thank you Ashley! Think we’d get on well x
Food! Food always warms my heart and soul. I love nothing more than sharing a great home-cooked meal with my family!
Oh I love food! Especially at this time of year when you just really want comfort food x
I love this post so much! All these things are such great reasons to smile. This list is just proof that you don’t need much to smile. It’s important to appreciate the small things in life xx
Life really is made up of small but wonderful moments that we really need to hang on to x
We have a lot in common with the things we love and make us smile 🙂 love the first photo of you all x
Thank you, it’s my favourite x
To be honest all of those things make me smile with an add on of food, food makes me smile 😆
Aww what a lovely post. Pretty much all of those make me smile too 🙂
That is a great list and I’m on board especially with Christmas, coffee and the sea. I love trees so being around them makes me smile. Finding a new author or series I enjoy makes me smile.
I’m amazed how many people agree with Christmas, I’m actually thinking it would be perfectly acceptable to switch on Christmas mode 😂
I love this post and really need to do this myself – so easy to get swept along with life without thinking about the things that make you truly happy. The nostalgic pic really reminds me of some that I have at home too 😊
You should do it, I still have a happy buzz about this post, especially reading everyone’s lovely comments x
I agree with everything on your list but would only swap the coffee for tea! I love smiling too and even have a smile named after me – the Debbie Smile. It’s a family joke 🙂 Happy World Smile Day to you.
Awww the Debbie smile, how lovely x x
The sea makes me so happy too – just being near and being able to hear the sounds of the waves rolling (or sometimes crashing) into the shore ♥ It’s so lovely to get pictures printed too – I love to make sure I do this pretty much monthly as well so I have a few to look back on! One of the things that makes me smile is cooking – being busy in the kitchen with my partner, figuring out a new recipe is my favourite.
I’d kill my partner if we tried to cook together, he’s a nightmare but it sounds really romantic 💕
😂 Ohhh, no way! That’s so funny! I can imagine, I know it is not for everyone, we are lucky. If my mum got in the way of my dad in the kitchen there’d be chaos!
Hahaha yes my Mum would be the same x
I’ve needed this! The sea makes me smile too, but since the summer is over where I live, I am looking forward to Christmas. I usually start thinking about Christmas decoration on September 1st. I can’t help myself. 😂
I’m terrible, I’m already thinking it’s time to watch my first Christmas film x
These are all the sorts of things that make me smile too. Family, friends, Christmas and tea to your coffee! x
Oh I do love Tea as well 🙂
What a lovely way to celebrate World Smile Day! The sea and Christmas always make me smile too!
I am ridiculously smiley about christmas already x
This was just what I needed this morning 😁 Thank you for making me smile too! A good reminder that we are surrounded by so many great things that we can reflect on and bring a smile back to our face when we may not feel like smiling.
Thank you so much Melissa, I am glad I made you smile x
I agree with every number! I love pics and they are a great way to relive memories! I have my niece in college who asks me for her baby pictures instead of my sister!
Aww thats lovely. Pictures are my favourite things, they keep a moment alive x
We are similar, these are the ten things that make me smile, too. I might add a walk/jog through our pretty neighborhood and a nice quiet dinner with my husband. That makes me smile!
Oh dinner in peace would be amazing x
I love this post. It’s so positive. I do have to agree with you that coffee makes me smile as well.
I’ve just made myself a lovely cappuccino to get me through to lunch time x
I hate sand too! But the sea makes me feel calm. I love your happy photos.. as a family we don’t have many at all. A lovely post..
I don’t tend to have pictures of me, Rob looks like a single dad to 3 in most of our snaps!
Great post and just what I needed today. Thank you!
Aww I am glad it has helped x
I am so looking forward to Christmas too, I always think it is extra magical when you have young children
Christmas is my absolute favourite!
Visiting Disneyland with my family would definitely make me smile but I’ve got a lot to smile about.
You should definitely go x
I love this post. Smiling is good for the soul, and it’s great you have so much you can turn to for smiles when thing are not the best.
I have just started scrapbooking myself
Oh enjoy, I love it x
Such a lovely post! I’m exactly the same as you when it comes to photos – I always have to get them printed and I love making scrapbooks with them! I especially love how Disneyland featured too, I went there in September and I genuinely couldn’t stop smiling as we sat in front of the castle watching the fireworks. I’d also add my cat, my husband, my best friend and my family to my list! Xx
Seeing that castle will never fail to make me smile x
Christmas definitely makes me smile too, although it may actually be the abundance of the other that makes me smile that I actually like, chocolate!
Oh yes chocolate 🥰
Awesome post! Yes, there is always something you can smile about. For me it’s the hugs from kids (they are huge snugglers:)), coffee (I look forward to it every single morning), and being silly (your first picture made me laugh because we have a very similar one that makes me smile every single time).
Awww love this. Kid snuggles are the best x
What a lovely post. Memories definitely make me smile. That is why I am working on creating more.
Life is about making memories for sure x
What a great idea for a post! My family make me smile xx
Being near the sea always makes me smile and that first pic made me chuckle
Thank you, it’s a favourite of ours x
Love this and always good to smile and be grateful for those simple things in life like being silly and family to make us smile and be happy
Laura x
Thank you Laura x
Aww this post definitely made me smile, you’ve got a lovely family 💗
Thank you so much 🥰
Aww this is an amazing post! Can’t believe I love most of the things mentioned myself.
Awww I love that, we must have a liking for all of life’s important things x
I’d have to add my pets on my smile list – in fact I reckon they make me laugh several times a day and can always help cheer the darkest of days!
What a cute post, I love all your pictures! Seeing your family pictures made me very happy 🙂
This was so lovely and the pictures really drove the message home. 😀
Some lovely things! I love your first photo and the old one and I am with you on coffee too! Thank you for sharing
Aww, this is such a positive, cheerful post! Thank you for sharing Claire! I love the smiley family photos, they are lovely and a great way to feel happy whenever you see them. Disney, Christmas, music and the sea also make me smile too – great post and hope you have a lovely week! <3 xx
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We share the same 10 things! Coffee is high on my list, as are beaches … though I like the tropical ones!
I didn’t realize I needed this post. This post made me smile! The pictures were great and I loved the message.
Great family pics! Capturing those silly moments is great. It can make the hard times sweeter!
It really does, Thank you John x
Lovely post. Enjoyed your photos.
Thank you x x x
What a lovely post! I love photos like your first two. Just showing families being families. They are the best.
I am pretty thankful for most of the things on your list too – especially coffee. Coffee is my bestie.
Oh mine too!
I smile along the post! I love sunshine and enjoy being silly too! Love the pictures so much. Great post. Keep smiling ❤️😊
Thank you, and to you 😊
What a lovely post! Really brought a smile to my face. Also, shout out to a fellow “love the sea but hate the sand,” person 🙂
Hallelujah!! I thought I was the only one!
Thanks for sharing with me! We definitely need more reasons to smile. Can’t agree with you more about Disney, always good for a feel good!
Oh I love it! I wish we were there right now x
What a beautiful uplifting post! One can never underestimate the power coffee has in making us happy. I love your photos too, they’re beautiful xxxx
Lovely post 🙂 I have similar things that make me smile too 🙂
Nic | Nic’s Adventures & Bakes
Thanks Nic. It is nice to have a selection of things that we can go to to make us smile x
I’d be smiling too with a list like this. Thanks for sharing what makes you smile. Our dog makes me smile because she’s goofy, cheeky, gorgeous and smart all in one. And like you, I love music. When I’m stressed, I play or listen to music and my mood instantly improves.
This is such a happy and positive post. Its great that you have so many reasons to smile because smiling is one of the best things in the world.
Wonderful post! Coffee and being silly make me smile as well 🙂
This is such a cute post Claire! These are all amazing reasons to smile about! x
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I love this. It’s so important to celebrate things that make us smile, even during difficult times. I agree with you on so many of these things…especially Disney. I think Disney makes a lot of people smile!
I love this post. Reading it made me smile 🙂 So many of these things make me smile too. It’s so important that we think about things that make us smile, or do things that make us smile as a smile can change so much.
Another brilliant post! Thank you for sharing x
Love these! The whole post made me smile.
I smile for the same things too. Add my dogs and our new member, kitty cat. We should smile often even with mishaps or wrong turns in life, there is a reason to keep on smiling!
Love those pics of your family mucking about, so much more fun than some perfectly posed portrait.
Also how many million comments does this post have! Good going!