20/09/2026
Save this for your camera roll and take them before another year slips by.
1. The fridge (yes, really, hear me out!). If you're anything like our family anyway, the fridge is a snapshot of our life right now - a chaotic mess of birthday party invitations, school certificates, kids' drawings (currently at least 8 pikachus), holiday magnets, and random mementos captured along the way. One day I'll have a smart kitchen with a fancy fridge that won't look like this... and I actually think I'll miss it.
2. Their bedroom (and it doesn't have to be super tidy or it will never happen)! Their favourite toys arranged on the bed, the 'babies' in their doll bassinets having an afternoon nap, the piles and piles of books beside the bed, stickers (and possibly stick-men drawings) on the wall, and everything that makes their room feel like theirs.
3. Their favourite things - The outfit they never take off, even if it's not a smart one, the toy that goes everywhere, the raggedy blanket they can't sleep without. Whatever they're obsessed with right now, will be your little time capsule in a few years.
4. Your home - Especially the spaces they spend the most time in. As time goes on, we change things, and it's such a nostalgic feeling, and one that brings back new memories, to see how a space has changed. You'll look back one day and realise just how much it reminds you of old times.
5. And please, get in one too. Use the self-timer, or ask a stranger, or take an imperfect selfie. Just make sure you're there, visible in the photos.
The everyday things that might not feel particularly 'photo-worthy' now are often the things we miss the most later.
