Q4 Kid Dates

Kid dates are important to us, but we kind of dropped off this quarter, then jumped in and did a bunch of kid date type things. We had some leftover money in that budget and I wanted to use it for the purpose it was intended, meaning spending quality time with our children. We were able to squeeze in some fun activities before the end of the year: 

I took Caleb and Lucy on a date together and then took Lydia and Austin on a date together. It worked out great for me to be able to spend some time with each of the kids. 

Mom, Caleb, and Lucy went bowling and then got ice cream at the new Thanksgiving Point Ice Age Creamery. 

Mom, Austin, and Lydia went Ice Skating and got burgers and hot chocolate at In-N-Out. (We tried to go skiing at a little ski-hill with a magic carpet, but they didn't have enough snow.) 

Mom, Dad, and Lydia went to the wedding reception of Brenna Millward and her new husband. We ate treats, danced on the dance floor, and generally just enjoyed the blissfully happy atmosphere.

Dad and Austin went to McDonalds to get breakfast sandwiches. 

Mom, Lucy, and Caleb went to the Traverse Mountain Outlets to see the giant tree and explore their gingerbread house display. 

We ALL went to see Moana at the SCERA theater. 

David and Caleb went on their own. (Because Caleb had a birthday party conflict at the time that we wanted to go, and also because we were babysitting Juniper and Sylvie and this way we swapped off staying home with the baby.) 


Shantel and Leah took Lydia, Austin, Lucy, AND Juniper, Audrey, Ellie, and Anderson. 

When we went for the magic show in October, the kids saw a poster for Moana2 and decided right then that they wanted to come back together to watch Moana in the Grand Theater. It was super fun and we will definitely be coming back for more movies here. (Especially because my favorite Garden Theater just went out of business, I am so sad!) 

We love these kids and are grateful for the time and the means to do these fun kid dates with them.