Ways to help count down.

[Ella85]

My boyfriend's little girl and I got rather close when I went to stay in February and she has been saying July is too far away. I don't have a lot of spare cash at the moment as I am saving to pay for xmas flights so that my daughter and I can spend xmas with my boyfriend and his daughter. But I want to do something for her starting from next week. I was wondering if anyone had any good ideas? I thought I could send a surprise each week like a small gift from amazon or a postcard in the mail specifically for her. I sent things at easter but that cost a lot and was also over a month ago. She keeps saying July is too far and she wants me to come back now. I wish I could afford flights to go visit before school gets out here but I can't so I'll have to come up with something else instead.

[differentcountries]

You could send her a postcard twice a month, that may not be too expensive.

You could make her or encourage her to make a countdown calendar, something to cross out each day (I always make for my boyfriend, they are really simple, just drawn cross out boxes on the back of a postcard, but he loves them)

[Miasmata]

Definitely do postcards rather than gifts. Don't want to make it too materialistic, it's more about the personal experience. I also second the idea of a calendar, preferably a big one with cute pictures, so she can visualize the days counting down.

[Ella85]

I like these ideas. I haven't sent anything in a little while so I did order a book off amazon. It's called 'I miss you every day' I'm going to go and take a look at some post cards from where I live so I can send her a couple. I think I'll have my daughter write them with me as she is really looking forward to meeting her in July

I really like the calendar idea but I think I might do that for xmas. We are going to spend xmas there and there is a 3 month wait so I think having her have something like that will help after having us there for a long period of time.

It's sad she gets out of school next month and I can't be there I wish the kids got out of school at the same time.

[MissingMyDutchLove]

Another count down idea is to have a jar with that many day's worth of something in it. For example, a note or small piece of candy everyday until you get there. It reminds me of the Christmas count down calendars where you get a piece of chocolate everyday until Christmas! Makes it fun to wait.

[snow_girl]

We used to always make paper chains to count down the days till xmas.

[Ella85]

These are all great ideas thank you