As your children approach the age of 18, it’s natural to start thinking about all the things you need to do before they leave the nest. While you may have a mental checklist of things like “teach them how to do their taxes” or “make sure they know how to cook a few basic meals,” you should also do fun things together as a family before your children move out. Here are six things you should do together before your kids leave home:
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Ensuring Expats Stay Connected with Their Families Back Home
Living in a foreign country can be a fantastic experience, but staying connected with their families back home for many expats is the hardest part. While there are many ways to keep in touch, some methods are more reliable than others. This article will explore some of the best ways to stay connected with your loved ones no matter where you are.
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Family Mementos: How Should You Invest and Keep Them?
Today, most of our memories are stored digitally. But some special moments are best remembered by the experience that went with it, too. These don’t have to be lavish vacations or jaw-dropping gestures. Instead, it is often the simpler but more meaningful things we do that matter more, especially if they are done together.
Don’t Disregard Physical Pictures
Photos of newborns are unique, for instance. Despite the global influx of digital photography, in places like Utah, newborn photographers are still popular. Not only can you and your baby get professionally-taken photographs, but you can also bond over the experience. You can share the thrill of posing with the props and feel the love for each other with every shot.
As your child ages, you can look back at these photos as a beautiful way of remembering how everything used to be. Typically, the photographer will offer you a soft copy of the shoot. But isn’t it also more heartwarming to hold the actual memories in your hand?
When your child is of age, you can even pass on some of the photos to them. This way, when they start their own families, they can look back at simpler times and talk about what it was like to be a child during their time.
Bond With Scrapbooking
Scrapbooking used to be way more popular. Everyone from their aunt to the cool kids next door had a version of their own.
Nowadays, it is seen as a time-consuming old-fashioned hobby. It is perceived as something to pour over more as an obligation to older relatives than anything else.
But craft stores abound, and millennials opt for more experiential moments. Scrapbooking is the perfect way to commemorate these events. They don’t need to be professional-looking or prim and proper, either. The whole point of scrapbooking is to save memories and keepsakes the way you want to. You could stick photos and important items on a blank scrapbook and label them with colorful markers. Or you could use various scrapbooking materials, like picture stickers, patterned paper, and the like.
You do scrapbooking how you want to. Best of all, you can invite loved ones to take part with you. Imagine the laughs and happy tears you’ll share reminiscing about each item. Scrapbooks are like time capsules that you can share for generations.
Grow With A Plant
When your child is born, why not celebrate the occasion by planting a tree for them? If you don’t have the lawn space, you can approach your local orchard and ask them if they can purchase a tree named after your child. You could also contact non-profit eco-friendly organizations. Ask if they will be willing to let you sponsor a tree under your child’s name.
As your child grows, so will the tree. Everyone can see the growth from a baby to an adult and from a seedling to a tree. If you choose to opt for a fruit-bearing tree, perhaps you and your family can even harvest a few.
As they grow older, they can continue to grow with their tree and reap the bounty it gives. This activity can go on even until your child has little ones of their own with who they can bring to visit. If you’re the grandparent, you can make it a multi-generational family affair by inviting them over to bake with the tree’s harvest.
There are lots of inexpensive ways to preserve special moments, especially with family. You need only some creativity and a lot of memories to keep.
Five Things to Do Before Going on Your First Camping Trip
Do you have plans to go on a camping trip with family and friends? Or maybe you have decided to sign up and camp with strangers just to challenge yourself? If it’s your first time to go camping, it pays to make the necessary preparations to ensure your safety and survival.
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How Families Can Stay Close Through Holiday Trips
Most people tend to only associate family holiday trips to their childhood because as grown-ups, they now enjoy the company of their friends better. With college and careers in the way, it’s easy to understand why you find comfort in your friends rather than in your parents, who you probably don’t live with anymore.
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