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Making Memories
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The
following tips will help preserve the memories from
this year's family trip:
- Buy
a disposable camera for each child to take his/her
own photos. (But don't let them use up all the film
at once!)
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Bring a folder for each child to keep postcards, admission
tickets, drawings, menus, booklets and brochures in.
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Take resealable plastic bags for collecting rocks, shells,
leaves and other small objects.
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If you have a video camera, let the kids do some filming
as well (as long as the camera isn't too valuable or complicated
to use). You're bound to get some amusing footage!
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Young children can draw a picture of what they do each
day. Then they will have a picture story of their trip.
- Give
children small notebooks to use as travel journals for
writing down things they see or do along the way. Even
reluctant writers can jot down a sentence or two. This
will be fun to look back at later and can be used to jump
start ideas for stories and reports.
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Buy picture postcards showing places you've been, and
have the kids write comments on the back. This will become
a postcard journal of their trip to keep for future reference.
- If
there are any techies in your family, they may want to
bring their laptops along for e-mailing friends and family
or updating personal web pages with photos and stories
of their adventures.
Have
a Great Time!
The
final travel rule is to keep your sense of humor. Any number
of things can-and usually do-go wrong, and there's always
a time when someone, somewhere will reach their breaking
point. When it happens, try with all your might to let it
roll. A person who can laugh at adversity is a joy to be
with on the road.
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