Date Nights!

Who doesn't love date night?!

Unfortunately date night doesn't come often enough in our house.  I think we've been out maybe 6-8 times since our little guy was born.  He's now 8 months!  Yeah, it's definitely time to get out more.  We try, but it's tough.  First of all, we don't have a lot of babysitter options and not to mention, it can get expensive to go out all the time.  We love our time together as a family and love cooking at home, so we don't mind.  But when we do get a date night away, it's seriously so much fun!  We then talk about it for days and always say we can't wait for our next date night.  :)

I was starting to think of different date night ideas that we could do at home.  Our little guy goes to bed at 7pm every night, so if we aren't going to bed at 8pm (sigh), I thought we could try and do some of these things with the time we do have at night.  I know it's not the same but sometimes doing something to make it seem like a "date" makes all the difference!

Spending time together at home, even when the kids are in bed, can make all the difference for your marriage!

A cute idea would be using a mason jar and craft sticks.  You each write a bunch of ideas down on the craft sticks, throw em in a jar and pick one each week.  It can be anything, just as long as it's spending time together! 

Here are some ideas that I came up with for the hubby & I...

1. Cook a late night dinner together

2. Make a fire out on our patio and enjoy a glass of wine or if it's cold, hot chocolate

3. Cinema night - Grab some popcorn, favorite snacks and snuggle up on the couch (In PJ's of course)

4. Play a board game

5. Have an ice cream sundae night

6. S'mores out by the fire

7. Get late takeout 

8. Write out a bucket list together

9. Play a prank on someone (This makes me laugh just thinking of the possibilities)

10. Make a nice dinner together and go enjoy it on the patio (So excited for this now that the weather is warming up)

11. No technology night - Turn off cell phones and TV.  Just cook dinner, have a couple drinks and talk!

12. Food themed night - Mexican, Italian, Indian, Chinese...pick one! For example: Mexican night...make some tacos or nachos, have coronas!

13. Comedy night - Grab a DVD of your favorite comedian and get ready to laugh

14. Have a fondue night

15. Scour YouTube for hilarious videos (this can be so fun)

16. Go to bed early!

17. Wine, cheese and fruit picnic in the living room

18. Watch your wedding video

19. Have either a "Mom's night off" or "Dad's night off" night.  Whoever has the night off gets to pick what they want the other to cook for them and then just gets to veg & relax

20.  Have a naked day...ok ok just kidding!  Although, I guarantee if you asked your husband what he wanted to add to the list, he'd throw this in there!  ;)

What are some of your ideas?!