As families with young children, we are creating precious memories every day. In years to come, you’ll fondly remember trips to the beach, holidays, walks around family museums and even days at home baking or watching films with your family. You’ll remember the trips to see Santa and the days spent celebrating birthdays and special events. You will, of course, have countless photos to look back on, and there will be plenty of things that stick with you as you start to get older and your children move on with their lives. You’ll have stories for the grandkids, and memories to make you smile.
But, some things slip away. It’s only natural, with so much to remember, that our minds can’t cling on. As you get older, more and more will slip away, and some of those mundane details, the things that really made your life, will be lost. That’s why it’s so important that we find ways to turn these memories into something more. Here is a look at some great things that you can do to lock those precious memories in forever.
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Castings
Creating family castings, of your children’s hand and feet, is a fantastic way to freeze them in time. In the future, you’ll be able to touch a little foot and feel all of the memories of holding your baby come flooding back. Of course, castings are easier when your baby is small, but many people now take a cast of their pregnant stomach, so there’s no reason you can’t make a casting of an older child.
Letters
As your children grow and learn, they change. Their personalities expand, their character traits change, and they develop new interests. They will never be quite the same as they are right now. A four-year-old can be vastly different from how they were as a toddler. These traits can’t always be captured in a photograph, and when you look at your teenager, it can seem impossible to remember the toddler that loved Thomas the Tank Engine and colouring in.
So, sit down and write a letter. To them, or to your future self. Write about who they are, right now today. Write about what they love doing, the foods they enjoy and dislike, and the places that the like to visit. Write about their character traits and all of their funny little habits. Do this as often as you feel like, and you’ll have a stock of memories for the future.
A Blog
Blogs have expanded in recent years, and the purity of simply recording memories online for yourself may have been lost somewhat. But, you don’t need to turn your blog into a business, you don’t even need other people to read it. It can just be a lovely way to create memories and catalogue your journey as a family. If you don’t want a full blog, why not just use a Google Photos account to store photos, adding captions and stories and organising them into albums that will never be lost.
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