Memories Worth Keeping

Posted by Diane Laney Fitzpatrick Oct 18, 2007

Kids grow up so fast.

Especially if you have several children close together in age, their childhood years seem to go by in a whirling dervish of bottles, blankets, pacifiers, diapers, juice boxes, crayons and car seats.

Lucky for us, there are so many ways to keep memories intact.

Digital cameras are getting cheaper and easier to use every day. Taking photographs of your children is as easy as 1-2-3, and storing digital photos on your computer hard drive ensures that they'll be safe forever.

Keep a baby book for each of your children. Make it big enough and the binding strong enough to pack it full of sports photos, dance recital programs, souvenirs and pictures from all the things your child does - from the once-in-a-lifetime Disney trip to the everyday family activities.

If you're crafty - or even if you're not! - start a scrapbook for each of your children. Let them do a few pages of their own to put together memory pages from a special occasion.

Keep a parenting journal and jot down what you do on the most routine day. Years from now, when your children are grown, you'll love reading about these years.

Kids grow up so fast.