Kid Dates

One of the things that Shantel and I decided was really important to us was having good one on one time with the kids. We have talked about this a lot and done occasional kid dates or one on one time, but nothing really consistent. We decided we really wanted to be more consistent and decided to come up with a schedule where each child gets a date every other month (6 a year, 3 with mom and 3 with dad). It has been so much fun. We gave ourself a decent budget so that we each get to take each child on a big date ($20, medium date $7-$10 and small date $2-5). For the kids, the biggest thing is just spending time, but it is really nice to have some budget to pick some really fun things to do together. We still are not perfectly consistent with the dates, but we've been much better and had some really fun things to do. 

I took Lydia to see the Parade of Homes. It turned out perfect because first we went to a house called, "The house that She Built" which was built entirely by Women. It had such a fun basement and Lydia loved that women and girls had built it. 

The next house was more random, but it turned out there was a scavenger hunt to find pictures of famous women throughout the house. 

Lydia loved it so much, she insisted that Shantel go with her the next day to see it as well and visit a couple more houses too!

Shantel took Austin to the Children's museum and to get snow cones. 

Lydia and read the book Matilda together and then went to see the play at a local community theater. 

We also took Caleb to the Children's museum and I took Lucy to the park. We have loved our summer kid dates.