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Cassandra Tresl's avatar

What a sweet project! My daughter is still very young, and the years feel slow for now, but this is an endearing reminder that before I know it, I'll be compiling my own '18 before 18' list.

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Stephanie Thurrott's avatar

Agreed! We traveled as much as we could with our kids, they're 26 and 23 now. We heard a lot of "but they won't even remember it" when they were young but so what? 0 to 18 is a short enough window as it is. Thanks for sharing your memories!

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Chris Wills's avatar

So true, we heard some of the same things. We took our daughter to Philadelphia when she was a few months old. It was a short “test” trip for when we went to Arizona a few months later. Both were wonderful trips. She doesn’t remember them but my wife and I cherish those moments and we share the pics the kids now.

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Stephanie Thurrott's avatar

We took our daughter to Arizona when she was 2, from the East Coast. Let's just say the next few years were car trips :)

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Gabi of Journey Jots's avatar

What a wonderful childhood!

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Chris Wills's avatar

Thank you, I’m so grateful for these memories with them.

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Gabi of Journey Jots's avatar

Yes, I can imagine!

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Lana Camiel, PharmD's avatar

These look like so much fun! Thank you for sharing!

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Chris Wills's avatar

So much fun. More memories to come but certainly harder to plan trips with them now that they are older and have different schedules.

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Chris Wills's avatar

Yup, it's deceiving...it will seem slow and then suddenly it's over. Covid certainly didn't help. We lost a couple of great travel years with them.

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