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What will you save

Littlejen22Littlejen22 member
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What will you save for your kids? I am really thinking about books rights now but you can include anything. My friend started teaching in Trenton this year and she is being moved to Kindergarten and had to assess the kids. Almost every kid said no one reads to them and they do not own any books. I am going through our books and trying to decide what to keep and what I should give to her either for her classroom or for a prize box for the kids to earn and take home. My kids are beyond spoiled with books. We easily have over 500 kid books and I am glad about and they read most of them but we have some dups because I bought Disney and Dr. Suess books for both of them. We still have some of my Disney and Dr. Suess books. I would love to keep all of these for my kids' possible kids but that would be insane right? I should just save their favs, right?
Besides books I am only saving a few outfits, one or two baby toys each, my DDs FP First dollhouse and DS' blocks. Nothing else.
Jen - Mom to two December 12 babies Nathaniel 12/12/06 and Addison 12/12/08
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  • Lavender PLavender P member
    Books to me are memories just waiting to be relived with your kids. It is practically impossible for me to give them away but when we do get duplicates as presents we donate them. Also when we buy stuff at Christmas we always buy extra books to donate too.

    I have saved DS's outfit he wore home from the hospital, his blankies, a few other outfits. I have his first curl from his haircut. I haven't really thought much about toys but we will keep a couple of favorites and donate the rest. He doesn't really have a toy he is obsessed with or else I would keep it. Pictures and videos are pretty much the one thing I would never toss.
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  • cole2144cole2144 member
    Each of my children have a copy of On the Night You Were Born that I will save since DH and I read it to them on their birthday each year. I`ll save the blanket from their baby bedding, special outfits from their first year, and any favorite books. I`m sentimental so my kids will have lots of things from their childhood.
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  • twister22twister22 member
    -Each child's 1st outfit
    -Christian books because they're harder to find and usually pricier
    -DS's superhero toys (specifically the DC Comic Imaginext & Marvel Playskool ones)
    -Dollhouse (My grandfather made it for my mom when she was a little girl and it was passed down to me and I will pass it on to DD and I hope she'll pass it on to her DD too. It is these wooden boards with hinges that were sanded down and painted, and even have wallpaper. You unfold the walls and then you look down inside this ranch style house. It's adorable. Now I'm being all nostalgic :).)
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  • Littlejen22Littlejen22 member
    Lavendar, I agree with you about books. The only books I have ever gotten rid I are ones we did not like enough to read again or some board books that were never favorites. I originally wanted to have a copy of the Dr. Suess books for each of my kids to save forever but now I realize that there are very few Dr. Suess books I actually like. To be honest I think most of the are overrated. I think I am going to just keep one of each until DD is able to read them all on her own and then I will just keep the ones my kids actually like. So I am keeping two copies of Mr. Brown can Moo because I like it. There are a few books that both kids have because I liked them enough to want both kids to have them although DS still loves me reading him picture books even though he reads chapter books and DD loves all the easy reader character books like Strawberry Shortcake.
    Jen - Mom to two December 12 babies Nathaniel 12/12/06 and Addison 12/12/08
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  • cole2144cole2144 member
    I think I am getting each of the kids their own set of Nancy Tillman books because I think they are gorgeous and great books. DS has a bunch already I need to get some for DD.
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  • Ginlyn0Ginlyn0 member
    Outfit worn home from the hospital, "classic" books that are still in good condition, My Little Ponies (made the mistake of selling mine in a garage sell when I was little), CareBear figures (Still have mine + the ones I bought DD new ones of that I didn't have), Strawberry Shortcake dolls (mine+DD's), Star Wars figures, Superhero figures..anything that seems to be a recurrent trend, homemade blankets made for them, 1st stuffed animal given as a baby, I also randomly save artwork and school work.

    I have a lot of things from my childhood and I want the same for my kids.
    DD(14),SD(13),SS(11),SS(9),DS(3)

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  • hopankahopanka member

    I was really happy that my mom saved my favorite children's book. I love reading it to DS, especially since it is in my native tongue. It brings back so many great memories. So, I will save about 2-3 of his favorite books.  

    I am also saving DS's Christening stuff (the candle, the robe and his Godparents' gift to him - a kid's sized gold necklace).

    Beyond that I saved DS's first blanket and his first toy.

    To some people this may be creepy, but I have also saved his umbilical cord stump as well as his hospital wrist band when he was born. It's all together in a box  with some of his newborn baby hair - again, my mom saved mine, and it was really neat to touch it decades later.

    I wish I still had this specific piece of artwork I worked on for months as a kid (I was about 9, so I remember it very well), unfortunately my mom tossed it years ago when I moved out and she was clearing the house. That still kinda bothers me sometimes, so if DS makes something truly special and elaborate that takes a really long time and effort, I will make sure to save it for him. Otherwise, all his other artwork from school has got to go after being displayed for a few weeks in the house because they constantly make so much stuff, it would be insane to hold on to even a fraction of it.

     

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  • twister22twister22 member
    hopanka said:

    I was really happy that my mom saved my favorite children's book. I love reading it to DS, especially since it is in my native tongue. It brings back so many great memories. So, I will save about 2-3 of his favorite books.  

    I am also saving DS's Christening stuff (the candle, the robe and his Godparents' gift to him - a kid's sized gold necklace).

    Beyond that I saved DS's first blanket and his first toy.

    To some people this may be creepy, but I have also saved his umbilical cord stump as well as his hospital wrist band when he was born. It's all together in a box  with some of his newborn baby hair - again, my mom saved mine, and it was really neat to touch it decades later.

    I wish I still had this specific piece of artwork I worked on for months as a kid (I was about 9, so I remember it very well), unfortunately my mom tossed it years ago when I moved out and she was clearing the house. That still kinda bothers me sometimes, so if DS makes something truly special and elaborate that takes a really long time and effort, I will make sure to save it for him. Otherwise, all his other artwork from school has got to go after being displayed for a few weeks in the house because they constantly make so much stuff, it would be insane to hold on to even a fraction of it.

     

    @hopanka I know someone who takes pictures of all her kids artwork. I need to start doing that... Also, we have two frames that can hold a picture and then you open it and you can store other pictures in it. I'm pretty sure we got it at Target. It holds a decent amount.
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  • CurlyQ284CurlyQ284 member
    I have every piece of artwork SDs and DS have done for us (they do art with the babies at daycare). DH plans to collect matchbox cars with DS. I saved all my american girl dolls. SDs played a little bit but lost interest. I need to get the dolls fixed up so if one of the kids has a daughter she can have them (or if I have one but I want another boy).
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  • +just+j++just+j+ member
    edited October 2013
    I will save her artwork, favorite books, favorite toys, a baby quilt my godmother made, and the bear that her dad gave her when she was born. I am keeping key outfits but I plan to have some of them made into a quilt for her when she goes to college. I agree, saving 500 books is crazy but I would have trouble getting rid of them. Keep their very favorites and put away but save 100 for their kids. Donate the rest to needy kids.
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  • IlumineIlumine member
    1) Her B.  She has a blanket that she loves beyond all measure.  I had my neighbor make 5 of the same thing (waffle material with satin edges and long straps to tie to the stroller for safe keeping).  We are down to 3.  One was ripped and one is in pristine condition.  


    2) I have 4 boxes of 2 - 4th grade reading level of books (I was reading at a 2nd grade level in kindy) waiting for her.  I also keep the very special books we are outgrowing (like all of the Duck and Goose books).  

    I finally found a company that has a ginormous scanner.  So I next week, I am going to scan in all of her art work (which i was saving in a box) by date.  Then I will make a flip book - one for her and one for me) by year.  

    She has a handful of stuffed animals that she truely loves, vs the ones she plays with.  I will keep Brown One the horse (its a big ass stuffed horse), Giraffee the giraffe, Bella the small horse, and Chiuahua.  

    I have only kept one outfit.  The rest I hand down to my SIL for the twins.  

    I am also keeping some family heirlooms for her.  And we actually TALK about them together.  This duck lamp was Grandpa Bills and then I will tell her a story.  This wooden duck decoy is from Great Uncle Richard, and another story.  This picture is from my Nana and Papa (her great great grandparents) and another story or two. 

    And then we have bought a keepsake from each country we visited while in Europe.  And again, I will point out the item (usually when we dust) and tell her a story.  

    But I am very sentimental.  
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  • Littlejen22Littlejen22 member
    Ilumine. Being nosey, what did you buy in Europe? I wish I did this on our previous trips but I can never think of something very special. I also think I need to put up a shelf in my kids rooms for special things.
    Jen - Mom to two December 12 babies Nathaniel 12/12/06 and Addison 12/12/08
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  • IlumineIlumine member
    Littlejen22 said:
    Ilumine. Being nosey, what did you buy in Europe? I wish I did this on our previous trips but I can never think of something very special. I also think I need to put up a shelf in my kids rooms for special things.
    Normadie - a beautiful tapestry of Mont St Michel
    Germany - wine barrel from our favorite weingut, a 100 yo wine jug, a smoking man and candle merry go round thing directly from Obernhau, 
    Poland - Polish Pottery 
    Prague - hand drawn crayon of Charles Bridge. 
    Paris - A charchol picture of Monkey. 
    England - an adorable mini ceramic tea set (that was destroyed by our movers - i just about bawled), 
    Brugge - hand tatted lace
    Brusselles - beer steins from all of the Beligium Trappist Breweries. 
    Netherlands - a large antique wooden cookie mold
    Ireland - hand thrown candle holders. 

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  • Littlejen22Littlejen22 member
    How big is the wine barrel? Those are cool.
    Jen - Mom to two December 12 babies Nathaniel 12/12/06 and Addison 12/12/08
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  • IlumineIlumine member
    Littlejen22 said:
    How big is the wine barrel? Those are cool.
    not the huge one, but a real good sized one.  It was used to make my favorite blend.  

    I have more stuff, I just havnt unpacked it all.  
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  • CurlieWhirlieCurlieWhirlie member
    So this is going to sound crazy, but my mom saved ALL of my brother's LEGOs. She saved some of the boxes, but all of the instructions and all of the pieces. Now that she helps watch my 4 year-old during the day while I work, it has really come in handy! He's obsessed with LEGOs, and he's got all these really cool old sets from the 80s to put together. She even sorted the pieces into color-coded bags. 

    I'd consider doing that, just because I have seen first-hand how awesome it was for her to keep those for thirty years!
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