Family Day Adoption Anniversary Kit

Three years ago this December, your son came home, and you want to mark the day this year. You're not sure what to call it, how big to make it, or whether and how to include his first family, and you'd like him to have a say in all of it.

Our Family Day is a 16-page printable kit for adoptive families who want to mark the adoption anniversary, also called a family day, in a way that includes the whole of the child's story. It is made for the day your child came home, the day the adoption was made official, or both, and it lets the child lead.

What is inside:
- Which day is ours: write down your dates and choose what to call the day.
- A note on words: why many families avoid the phrase "gotcha day", and a short list of terms from one named guide, "Positive Adoption Language" from Adoptive Families magazine, with its address on the last page.
- Three sizes of celebration (quiet, family dinner, a gathering) with checklists, and a "Chosen with me" page where the child marks yes, no thanks or ask me later.
- A planning sheet and an "On the day" page with questions the child may answer or pass on.
- Two yearly keepsake pages, one for ages 1 to 8 and one for ages 9 to 18, plus an eighteen-years-at-a-glance chart.
- Two "My story" pages that belong to the child, who decides what goes on them and who sees them.
- An optional page for the child's first family, to use only if the child and family want it.
- Four invitation cards per sheet; a grown-up cuts them out.

Prints on US Letter or A4 and can be filled in by hand. Every family and every child is different, so skip what does not fit. This kit is for family keepsakes; it does not give legal, medical or counseling advice.

This printable was created with the help of AI tools, then checked fact by fact.

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