As a dad of two twenty-somethings, I’d recommend spending a bit of time acquiring good photographic skills (if you don’t already have them) and especially basic

As a dad of two twenty-somethings, I’d recommend spending a bit of time acquiring good photographic skills (if you don’t already have them) and especially basic portrait lighting. This will allow you to take fewer, better pictures. Which is directly related to the notion of making sure your documentation process maximizes your unfettered dad time. A few ideas that I’m really glad I did: 1) take a good natural (ie informal, unposed)portrait each birthday. 2) Audio or video record a brief “birthday interview” with age appropriate questions. 3) read/tell stories every available night before bedtime and, occasionally, record yourself telling them (covertly). As they grew older, my boys loved hearing stories from my childhood and they asked good questions in their squeaky child voices. It’s so cool to listen to those now.