100 Things To Do With Our Daughter Before She Gets 18-Years Old
“If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” ― Yogi Berra
In less than 3 months time, Lele and I will become first-time parents. This is something that I have been dreaming for some time. Especially as I believe it is better to be a young father, as then we can do all the cool stuff together while both of us are young. Like my father and I have done. (Even if working towards living for a long long time, it is still better to be safe than sorry)
Meanwhile, like every parent, I want to offer my child (hopefully, children) a life that is full of great experiences. On the one hand, it is important to me that she will become an inspiring person who can achieve all of her dreams. On the other hand, I would love to have a lot of fun with her, discovering the world together.
For that reason, I decided to list 100 things that I want to play, build, teach, learn and visit together. Not expecting her to become obsessed with them. Yet at least giving her an opportunity to try as many things as possible, while she still needs not to worry about having to solely take care of herself.
That said, all of the following ideas are such that I want us to do together, at least once. Within the time by which she gets 18. And then we can already make further plans for what to do together as adults.
As a disclaimer, I have to mention that the first 51 are all different things to do together, anywhere, and the following 49 are connected to visiting specific places or doing particular activities while there.
So here are the 100 things I want to do with our daughter before she gets 18-years-old:
- ̶P̶l̶a̶y̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶b̶l̶o̶c̶k̶s̶ (Done)
- Play a card game
- ̶P̶l̶a̶y̶ ̶a̶ ̶b̶o̶a̶r̶d̶ ̶g̶a̶m̶e̶ (Done)
- Play a video game
- ̶P̶l̶a̶y̶ ̶b̶a̶l̶l̶ (Done)
- Play mini-golf
- Play volleyball
- Play tennis
- Play pool
- Build a LEGO city
- Build a sandcastle
- Build a snow castle
- Build a robot
- Build a rocket
- Fly a drone
- Do 10 different science experiments
- Teach her to swim
- Teach her to cycle
- Teach her to roller skate
- Teach her to ice skate
- Teach her to cross-country skiing
- Teach her downhill skiing
- Teach her debating and negotiation skills
- Teach her how to run a business
- Learn together how to code in at least 3 languages
- Learn together how to make a video game
- Learn together how to take professional pictures
- Learn together how to make professional videos
- Compete at a robotics competition
- Go to a bookstore and have her buy any books she wants
- Go to a cooking class
- Go on a road trip
- ̶G̶o̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶a̶ ̶n̶e̶w̶ ̶c̶o̶u̶n̶t̶r̶y̶ (Done)
- Go to a surfing camp
- Go camping
- Go hiking
- Go sailing
- Go snorkeling
- Go diving
- Fly a plane
- Fly a balloon
- Visit a water park
- Visit a theme park
- Visit a spa
- Visit a musical
- ̶V̶i̶s̶i̶t̶ ̶a̶ ̶z̶o̶o̶/animal reserve (Half-Way Done)
- Visit an aquarium
- Visit a museum
- Visit an art gallery
- Visit a maze
- Visit a botanical garden
- Visit Aquaventure Waterpark in the UAE
- Visit Area 47 Waterpark in Austria
- Visit Beach Park in Brazil
- Visit Tivoli Gardens in Denmark
- Visit Europa Park in Germany
- Visit All Disney Parks
- Visit All LEGOLAND Parks
- Visit All Universal Studios Parks
- Visit All SeaWorld Parks
- Visit The fjords of Greenland
- Go on a Svalbard cruise in Norway
- Visit Yellowstone National Park in the USA
- Visit Grand Canyon National Park in the USA
- Visit San Diego Zoo in the USA
- Visit Bronx Zoo in the USA
- Visit Hawaii Volcanos National Park
- Visit The Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania
- Visit The Serengeti National Park in Tanzania
- Visit Massai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya
- Visit Kruger National Park in South Africa
- Visit Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda
- Visit Etosha National Park in Namibia
- Visit Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana
- Visit Kanha Tiger Reserve in India
- Visit Kinabatangan River in Borneo
- Visit Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica
- Visit Kangaroo Island in Australia
- Visit The Pantanal in Brazil
- Visit Tibetan Plateau in China
- Visit Kaeng Krachan National Park in Thailand
- Visit Komodo National Park in Indonesia
- Go to a Sea Safari in Indonesia
- Go on a Wildlife discovery tour in Madagascar
- Explore the Coral Reef project in Oman
- Go on a Balloon safari in Zambia
- Visit Galápagos Islands
- Visit Amazon Rainforest
- Snorkel alongside Humpback whales in Tonga
- Go Diving with whale sharks on St Helena
- Go dog-sledding in Antarctica
- Visit Tower of London
- Visit Buckingham Palace
- Visit Science Museum in London
- Visit Natural History Museum in London
- Visit The Museum of The Future in UAE
- Visit British Museum in London
- Visit National Gallery in London
- Visit the Louvre in France
- Visit State Hermitage in Russia
Of course, this list is not final and I am also open to other suggestions.
+ Lele has a bunch of other things she would love to do with her.
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