Z has been filling in pages in the fantastic Dr. Seuss/Roy McKie collaboration My Book About Me, a "tell us about yourself" fill-in-the-blank book for kids, without anyone's help or guidance. She then enjoys comparing her entries with her mother's, as Jenni also filled in the blanks in the same book around thirty years ago. If you didn't have this privilege, let your child start a new family tradition of fork- and door-counting and random self-reflection. This book is good enough that it will still be available thirty years from now, so their kids can create a memory book from their own perspective as well.

You can buy My Book About Me on Amazon for about $9 in hardcover.

The entry above cracks us up. In case you can't read it, here's a closeup of one of the many gems you'll find when your child answers a bunch of survey questions with the utmost sincerity.