Family 2018

 Make a photo book for my sister (wedding gift)
 Scan all printed photos
Download all digital photos
 Create layouts in Blurb
 Print book
 Mum to add captions
 Write a speech for my sister’s wedding
 Meet my niece
 Teach my daughter how to edit her own Youtube videos
 Teach my son how to drive

Family bucket list

 Catalogue my mother’s personal effects and heirlooms (for insurance and her will)
 Catalogue my mother-in-law’s personal effects and heirlooms (for insurance and her will)
 Get my grandfather’s war medals framed
 Get my father-in-law’s family war medals framed
 Take my kids to the theme parks on Australia’s Gold Coast
 Do these things with my kids (which means participating, not watching them do them!):
 Go camping (in a tent, with sleeping bags!)
 Draw
 Go on a picnic
 Go possum hunting (note to non-NZers, possums are an environmental pest in NZ)
 Go ice skating
 Snorkel
 Go to a music concert
 Cook
 Watch a sunrise
 Watch a sunset
 Show them where I grew up
 Point out constellations in the night sky
 Roast marshmallows over a campfire
 Volunteer for a charity or help someone in need
 Take a road trip
 Ride in a hot air balloon
 Have a no-reason, not-because-they’re-sick, Bueller-caliber free day off school
 Take them trick-or-treating
 Write, post and receive handwritten letters in the mail
 Care for a pet
 Swim
 Sew
 Play hopscotch and elastics
 Watch a big fireworks display
 Write and send a letter to Santa
 Make a video
 Watch a movie
 Go ten pin bowling
 Play miniature golf
 Host a dinner party
 Plan a surprise party
 Go hiking
 Climb a tree
 Jump on a trampoline
 Roll down a really big hill
 Skim a stone
 Dance
 Dance in the rain
 Sing really loudly along to the car stereo
 Fly a kite
 Catch a fish
 Eat fruit straight from the tree
 Pick berries
 Hunt for bugs
 Play a board game
 Have a snowball fight
 Build a sandcastle
 Make a mud pie
 Pick watercress
 Bury someone in the sand
 Race snails
 Slide down a waterslide
 Feed a bird from your hand
 Call an owl/morepork
 Investigate what’s living in a rock pool
 See glowworms
 Plant it, grow it, eat it
 Find your way with a map and a compass
 Finish a puzzle
 Have a food fight
 Write a poem
 Write a story
 Explore a cave
 Do the World Vision 40 Hour Famine
 Ride a bike
 Travel on a train
 Visit a farm
 Have a treasure hunt
 Learn how to tie a tie
 Ride a roller coaster
 Dine in a restaurant
 Accept – and execute – a dare, double-dare or, best of all, triple-dog dare.
 Experience one unplugged weekend without cell phones, computers or TV
 Sell something at a stall
 Conduct a science experiment
 Take photos
 Ride a horse