"Where We Live" Book

[MarkBarbieri]

We're going to be taking the boys on a lengthy summer vacation this July & August. They'll be visiting with lots of cousins that have never and probably will never come to visit us in The Woodlands. I'm thinking about putting together a "Where We Live" book of pictures and descriptions that the kid's can give to their cousins to show them our world.

I'm trying to think of ideas for what should be in the book. I want it to be about their typical activities, not special trips, vacations, and once a year things. The idea is to show what their normal life is like. Any suggestions for what we should include/exclude?

Here's my current checklist:

Around the House
Erik's Room
Dante's Room
Theater Room
Playroom
Family Room
Breakfast Room
Kid's Office
Pool
Hot Tub
Play set
Trampoline
Mom's Van
My Car

In the Neighborhood
Front of the house
Furber's Cul-De-Sac
Our Cul-De-Sac
Entrance to the neighborhood
Satellite View of the neighborhood

School
School Entrance
Erik's Classroom
Dante's Classroom
Cafeteria
Playground

Parks
Cranebrook
Terramont
Puker park
Rock park

Pools
Cranebrook
One with the twisty waterslide
Bear Branch
Splashtown

Shopping Areas
HEB
Walmart
Market Street

Other
Pokemon nights
Commute from school
Woodland's trails

Dad's World
My Office
Office building
Dad commuting to the office on his bike

The Woodlands
Waterway
Lake Woodlands
Bear Branch Reservoir
Entrance Sign

Activities
Playing with the Wii
Riding Scooters
Swimming
Tennis
Playing at the park
Playing Webkinz
Playing the DS
Bouncing on trampolines
Playing Pokemon
Dinner
Listening to MP3 players

 

[The Grays]

What about some of their favorite resturants, any favorite sports teams.

 

[MarkBarbieri]

What about some of their favorite resturants, any favorite sports teams.

Great suggestions, but we don't go out to eat except on vacations (unless you count running through a drive thru at a fast food place) and we don't go to sporting events. We're an odd family.

I do think I'll add a shot of some mom's activities, like cooking dinner. That's a big part of the family life and it's sort of equivalent to shots of my office.

 

[DueyDooDah]

Parks
Cranebrook
Terramont
Puker park
Rock park

That must be some park! Is it the food or the wild rides? If the food, then I see why you don't eat out.

 

[jann1033]

That must be some park! Is it the food or the wild rides? If the food, then I see why you don't eat out.

any pets? or maybe some of their friends?

 

[MarkBarbieri]

That must be some park! Is it the food or the wild rides? If the food, then I see why you don't eat out.

I think the real park name is something like Frontera park. Almost all of the equipment in the park involves spinning you around. It's not uncommon to see a kid there lose their lunch.

 

[MarkBarbieri]

any pets? or maybe some of their friends?

No pets. The frog died while we were on vacation last year.

Friends is a good idea. I'll include that.