2014 dates

We haven't done many dates this year but these are the few we did!  We had good intentions after such success last year, but this year has proven to be CRAZY!

Poppy and I walked to the goats and then ate at Cane's!  Troy took the boys to the Lego Movie for a group date.

Lachlan and I had a movie night.

And Reef and I had a Chuy's lunch date.

Jonas, I know that you had a date too, but it must be on Daddy's phone!

TV Time with Poppy

One day I walked in to our room and found this:


Can you see that they both have their own remotes?
This is what they were watching:

She actually asked for football!

A few weeks later she and I had a movie date, complete with popcorn and the Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That.

Jonas’ Bike Riding Date

Jonas really wanted to do a Sea World date just like Reef.  Well, Troy and he drove all the way over there only to find that it didn't open until noon that day.  It was 10am.
So, the alternative was to buy a new bike for him since he just learned to ride without training wheels.  After picking the perfect bike, they headed home to gear up for a bike ride, just the 2 of them.




He had so much fun that when they got home, Jonas insisted they repeat the ride with Reef!

Reef’s Sea World Date

In case y'all were wondering, we were able to complete all of the individual dates with the kids in 2013.  It was a challenge to squeeze them in, but I know the kids looked forward to their one-on-one time with us.
In October Reef and Troy had a Sunday date to Sea World.  They left right after church and stayed until Life Group!
Reef wanted to ride the Steel Eel all summer and finally got his chance!

 Dad always buys a special treat!  The kids ask for ice cream every time we are at Sea World, and I always say no.

Stingray Cove. 

They even got to feed and touch them!

I know special memories were made that day!

July dates

Apparently, my blog is angry with me for neglecting it so long.  Many technical difficulties occurred while trying to do this one little post!

Anyway, we did our one-on-one dates in July.

 Jonas chose an eat out date with Mom and was not to be talked out of IHOP.

 

 Lachlan headed to Orange Leaf with Troy.

 That was one loaded cup of ice cream.  They love going with daddy since he lets them fill it so much more!

 Reef also chose frozen yogurt with Troy. 

 He got to fill his cup without assistance, which was a new thrill.  Add the TONS of toppings and you've got a happy camper.

 

Poppy and I headed to Starbucks after the grocery store one day while her brothers were at Reading Camp.  The look on her face at the cabinet of goodies was priceless.  She exclaimed, "OOOHH!"

In the end this pink cake pop won out.  Here is the progression of eating said cake pop.

Oh, sprinkles too!

I can totally fit this in my mouth.

What?

Note, there is no picture of the two of us.  Either she refused (not shocked by this) or the camera battery died (equally un-shocked).  It was still a priceless date to see her so excited!

June 2013 Dates

Reef was so excited about his June date!  He anxiously awaited the arrival of Despicable Me 1 at the library for his movie night.


The movie was actually better than I thought it would be.  We are excited the see the sequel as a family.

Jonas chose ice cream with Daddy.

He was especially excited to fill his own cups.

He was so happy to have 4 flavors and TONS of toppings!

Lachlan enjoyed his movie night in May that he picked it again in June!  It actually worked out really well because his brothers were at Fantastic Friday (which he is too young for…again this year).  He picked BusyTown again; yay! 

But it was scratched too much, so we switched to a Land Before Time.  Good thing we had back ups from the library!


Poppy’s date has no pictures….and actually happened in July…oops… We spent the morning running errands while her brothers were at Reading Camp and then headed to the bookstore for some lego building and animal purse rearranging.

May dates

May was another of those really busy months, so I think we squeezed our dates in at the last minute.

Reef chose an out to eat date with Mommy.  We headed to Chuy's, where he was excited to order off the menu instead of having to stick with the happy hour free food.

 Our table neighbors took our picture.

He really wanted dessert, so I surprised him with a shake at Sonic.  As a side note, neither of us recommend the caramel shake.

Jonas chose a movie night and was excited to stay up past Reef and get mommy and daddy all to himself.

 He chose the How to Train Your Dragon episodes from Redbox.

 Lachlan also chose a movie night.  He was really excited about his caramel popcorn.

 He was so into the movie that the popcorn almost went into his nose!

 Lachlan's current obsession is Busytown, so that's what he chose for his movie night.

 Poppy went on a ketchup-buying-date with Daddy.  She had a good time and was proud to show me her purchases!

While it is sometimes hard to get it all in, we are both enjoying our one-on-one time with the kids!

March Dates

March was so busy that we got way behind on our individual dates.  We crammed all 4 into the same weekend!

Reef chose to go on a hike with Troy.

 They wittled this stick, and that ignited Reef's love/need for a pocket knife.

 He had a great time!

Jonas chose a trip to Bass Pro Shop.  I don't know that he really remembered what that was, but he sure was excited to get there!

Look, I'm a moose!

Shooting.

He had a great time and talked nonstop about it.  He even picked out some fudge for us all to share when he got back.
Lachlan chose to go on a hike with Troy.  We were pleasantly surprised that he chose a Daddy date since he is such a mommy's boy these days.
They headed to the green belt down the street.

Lachlan loved it and brought back some nice treasures!

Poppy and I headed to the library.  She loves to rip books off the shelves and is really getting into picking out her own to bring home.