Comments on: Tip Tuesday — Date Night Ideas

By: Janell

Janell — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:23:15 +0000

Came over from Dandelion Mama – hi! DH and I love our bikes. We have a bike trail near our house that we like to ride on together. It’s nice that we don’t have to pull kids in the trailer or ride SLOW so they can keep up.

Also, we enjoy local theater performances although we don’t go nearly as often as we’d like.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:50:40 +0000

My hubby took me ice skating for Valentines Day, something I loved to do in High School, but hadn’t been in many years.

By: Eternal Lizdom

Eternal Lizdom — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:28:25 +0000

Community theatre!! Check around for community theatres in your area- a great way to see a show for less money than live theatre will cost on a Broadway tour or done by pros, the talent is usually still great, and you support your local art scene!

By: Rachel @ springpad

Rachel @ springpad — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:22:30 +0000

I love day dates – grabbing lunch and going to a museum together, picnics (especially now that it’s getting warm!), exploring new places, etc. – things that let you just spend time together. You should check out springpad’s date night planner – it’s a great way to plan and organize the perfect date (day or night!) and I think you’d really like it!

By: Angie T

Angie T — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:39:25 +0000

If we have a LOT of time (like, 3 whole hours!) we make a list of all our “favorites.” Sometimes we do fast food and sometimes regular restaurants. With fast food, for example: favorite burger: Wendys, favorite fries: McDonalds, favorite dessert: KFC apple pie. Then we go to all of them and just order those things! In regular restaurants, we do appetizer at one, dessert at another (too expensive and too much food to do the main dish too!) I think the best part is the getting to talk to each other, and just do something we would never do with kids because it is too much trouble. Even if it isn’t the most exciting activity, just being something out of the ordinary makes it fun!

By: Jes-ka

Jes-ka — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:14:21 +0000

We don’t have any kiddles yet, but my favorite thing to do in college with Chris would be to walk to a Ben & Jerry’s for some ice cream, and then just walk around the park area. Sometimes there was a man playing a violin there, so it was pretty romantic.

We would sit on a bench, and even though not much goes on at our house, it is nice to just be outside and away from the usual tedium.

Picnics are nice too. Especially when you make the food together.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:02:31 +0000

Frisbee golf. Cheap. Fun. All the makins of the perfect date

By: Carrie

Carrie — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:53:00 +0000

We made a deal with another couple in our church. We watch their kid on a Friday night once a month and they watch ours once a month. Also our college group has chosen to give all the parents a date night in our church once a month. We just go to the church building sign in the kiddos and we get to go do whatever for 3 hours! Another fun idea is to get some water color paints and paper, go to a park and both of you paint a picture. Then you get to make fun of each others paintings. Or you could get some side walk chalk and have fun that way too.

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:39:06 +0000

I want to hear about a babysitting co-op because babysitters are scarce around these parts.

However when we do make it out I love to see plays and my husband always says it was worth it after the fact. We also like to go biking or hiking together. We try to find activities where we can have a conversation that is not interrupted every few minutes by “Mom, I have a question?” because that is a treat unto itself.

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:00:34 +0000

oh – but you left out the best part of date night – a babysitting co-op! you need to explain that one! The husband and i never went out on a regular basis before this! It’s great – maybe that is because the kids are all great and easy to watch on our night!