Making Memories: Easy Traditions to Grow With Your Family

Every family has its own rhythm and traditions—sometimes they’re big annual celebrations, and other times they’re the small, everyday rituals that become the moments we cherish the most. Whether it’s capturing your baby’s first year, celebrating seasonal traditions, or creating keepsakes for the future, these small efforts make a big impact over time.

Here are a few fun, low-stress traditions you can start today, plus tips on how to preserve them in your favourite Bloom Store photo album, baby book, or with our baby milestone cards.

Tradition 1: The First Year in Milestones

There is no year filled with more changes and growth than your baby’s first! And while the days feel long, the first year flies by.

Using our Baby Milestone Cards, you can easily capture each milestone with a beautifully designed card, from your first bump photo to their very first birthday.

• How it works: Place the appropriate milestone card next to your baby each week or month and snap a photo!
• What’s included: Weekly milestones up until the first month, then every month until their first birthday—plus special cards for First Christmas, First Easter, First Halloween, and more!
• Why it’s special: These photos make an adorable series when printed and stored in your baby book or photo album, helping you relive their first year forever.

💡 Tip: Pick a consistent background, like a cozy blanket or favourite chair, to make each milestone photo cohesive and visually stunning when placed side by side in an album!

Tradition 2: The Same Spot Family Photo

A simple but powerful way to see how much your family changes over time!

📸 How to start:

• Choose a spot in your home or backyard and snap a family photo in the same place every year.
• Add these photos chronologically to a dedicated family album, noting the year and any funny anecdotes (“This was the year we all had matching Christmas pajamas!”).

Over the years, this tradition becomes a beautiful reflection of growth, love, and maybe even some questionable hairstyle choices.

Tradition 3: Yearly Time Capsule

At the end of each year, collect small keepsakes that reflect your family’s memories, favourites, and highlights from the past 12 months.

📌 Ideas to include:
✔️ A handwritten note from each family member (including kids!)
✔️ Favourite drawings, ticket stubs, or little trinkets from special days
✔️ A printed list of favourite songs, books, or inside jokes from the year

Store these keepsakes in a Bloom Store baby book or photo album envelope pocket, and as the years pass, you’ll have a priceless collection of memories that bring back exactly what life felt like in that moment.

Tradition 4: Seasonal Adventures

Some of our most cherished memories are tied to the seasons—summer beach days, cozy autumn traditions, Christmas magic.

📸 How to start:

• Pick a seasonal activity you always want to do as a family.
• Capture a photo every year, then print and store them in a Seasonal Traditions album.
• Over time, you’ll see how much everyone has grown, while reliving the magic of your favourite traditions.

🌟 Ideas:
✔️ Summer: First swim of the season, beach day, or backyard water fights!
✔️ Autumn: Jumping in leaf piles, cozy baking days, or pumpkin picking.
✔️ Christmas: Matching PJs, decorating the tree, or visiting Santa (first Santa photo = must-have!).

Family traditions don’t have to be elaborate—they just need to be meaningful to you. By capturing these moments with photo albums, baby milestone cards, and baby books, you’re building a tangible reminder of your family’s unique story—one that can be revisited for years to come.

💛 Ready to start a new tradition? Browse our Baby Milestone Cards & Photo Albums today!