So with four kiddos, the hubs and I find it hard to still do a typical date night. You know...a shower, a cute outfit, makeup and loading up in the car to sit down to a meal that someone brings to me and then head to a movie with popcorn and twizzlers. Ahhh...the good ol' days....I kid, I kid....but reality is a babysitter for four is as expensive as the actual date night and grandparents are free but I find it hard to ask them to watch them because they do so much for us all the time.
So, Kev and I have found our alternate version...Movies on Demand :) On Friday night...and even some Saturdays, once we get the kids to bed, we get in our comfy jammies and add in snacks on occassion (I LOVE oreos and milk!!)and flip through all our options on our movies on demand feature with U Verse. Sometimes we pick a new release and other times we pick and oldie but a goodie. I typically fall asleep in his lap and finish watching the movie the next day:)
These are my favorite nights....and it truly is a "date" for us. We finally kick back and talk about our days and have actual conversation, instead of the quick back and forth regarding the kiddos. It is easy to get lost in those conversations...it's not like you don't talk...but when it is always "Is his diaper changed?" "when is his next bottle?" "Did she take a nap today?"...there is always conversation, but sometimes it is just short answers...so to actually still take time for each other to ask about their day and listen to the good and bad really has helpe us appreciate each other. I don't want to wake up in 10 years when the kids are too busy doing their own thing and realize I have no idea who my husband is....that is a big fear of mine. So I am truly trying to concentrate on God first, then my marriage and then my children.
It was sweet tonight though...on our way to eat dinner, Kev and I made a pact that after our kids are too busy for us (ha!) that he and I will go back to dating....makeup, dinner outside the house and movies that will probably be WAY to expensive :) Until then...we will be checking out movies on demand and enjoying being at home with our 4 munchkins!
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Thursday, January 20, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Date Night
Hope everyone is inside somewhere warm on this cold Sunday afternoon!! We went to church and to grab some lunch and now we are all home is warm fuzzy pants and intend on staying this way!
We have had a great weekend, which started out with a last minute date night on Friday. Kev and I rarely (as in once every 5-6 months or so) go out on dates. We know it is important so it is part of our resolutions as a couple to spend more one on one time together. Babysitters for 4 kids three years old and younger are hard to come by, so it ends up being my parents. We are thankful they will do this for us!!
We are old school date night people. Meaning, dinner and a movie is the best, and if we only have a couple hours to spare, we love a great (or even bad) movie to go hang out together with a large diet dr. pepper to share and sometimes even popcorn.
Before kids, we would go to the movies once a week. When I was pregnant with Katelyn, we went and walked the mall every Sunday and ended it with a movie. Then after the boys, it was much fewer and far between. What is sad, is that before last night I cannot even remember the last movie we saw in the theatre and I have been thinking and even asked Kevin to try to remember, and neither of us can!
Anyway, it was such a fun time to go and see a movie with my husband. We ended up seeing The Fighter.
We have had a great weekend, which started out with a last minute date night on Friday. Kev and I rarely (as in once every 5-6 months or so) go out on dates. We know it is important so it is part of our resolutions as a couple to spend more one on one time together. Babysitters for 4 kids three years old and younger are hard to come by, so it ends up being my parents. We are thankful they will do this for us!!
We are old school date night people. Meaning, dinner and a movie is the best, and if we only have a couple hours to spare, we love a great (or even bad) movie to go hang out together with a large diet dr. pepper to share and sometimes even popcorn.
Before kids, we would go to the movies once a week. When I was pregnant with Katelyn, we went and walked the mall every Sunday and ended it with a movie. Then after the boys, it was much fewer and far between. What is sad, is that before last night I cannot even remember the last movie we saw in the theatre and I have been thinking and even asked Kevin to try to remember, and neither of us can!
Anyway, it was such a fun time to go and see a movie with my husband. We ended up seeing The Fighter.
It was a great movie! We really enjoyed it! I generally like movies based off true stories about sports. Always leave me with a feelgood feeling. Mark Wahlberg did a great job, and he was so dang buff!! When he was on Ellen he talked about the rigorous workout that he was put through to get a "fighter's" body....pretty intense! Then, I hardly even recognized Christian Bale in the movie because he looked so strung out and SKINNY!! He represented his character really well!! The most surprising performance to me was by Amy Adams...I really love her anyway, so I love seeing her in a movie!!
The movie is up for 5-6 Golden Globes and I am interested in seeing if they win any...I bet they snag a couple!!
Have a great Sunday and talk to you next week!!
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