So much of our time these days is full. We try not to over schedule our lives but somehow we always feel busy. Cooking, cleaning, meal planning, activities and regular play time fills our minutes and hours to the point of overflowing.
Last weekend on the spur of the moment Kevin and I dropped the kids off at his parents house and went out for dinner. Kevin's mom hadn't been well for a while and we weren't able to ask them to watch the kids. Now that she is feeling better and stronger (and D2 isn't quite as much effort) we felt comfortable asking.
Dinner out was just perfection. It wasn't at a fancy restaurant, it wasn't a long meal. But we talked and talked. I will admit that with our life being busy and full with the kids our actual adult only conversations are usually short and to the point. I was happy to see that we can connect, spend time together (sans kids) and still be interested in each other.
Hopefully this can become a regular date night. It helped recharge my batteries that night, and I could use a recharge like that more often.
It's funny, I always have to force myself to do date night - not because I don't want to see my husband, but because I always feel like it's such a huge favour to leave my kids with someone else, even a paid babysitter! Whenever we do it, though, it's so awesome...I really need to force myself more often.
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This is wonderful--as it seems too often that planned "date nights" end up being kind of forced and hollow. Maybe an element of impulse is necessary before everyone can relax and just have fun and be amazed that sentences are actually being completed.
ReplyDeleteLove date night, although to be honest we haven't done it ourselves in a while - no good reason really (and I'm a huge supporter of making sure we get out!)
ReplyDeleteI will say we do well with date night in at least! Sounds like you had a lovely time
Nice to hear you had some quality time together. It's so important.
ReplyDeleteMy husband and I haven't had a date night in several months. Need to change that pronto!
I see you have been posting as regular as I have... not :) It's busy with all the kids buzzing about, isn't it? I'm glad you're taking the step to preserve date night. I completely believe in the power it has on relationships-and the kids benefit from recharged batteries :)
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