Goin' Courtin' - Date #3

Heart Attack!

Since Monday was Valentines Day I centered our date night around that. I waited until Michael started getting ready for work and then went and gave his truck a "heart attack" (I put all the hearts on the inside of the truck so that they wouldn't blow away and so that the tape wouldn't peel the paint off ) I also but his invitation to the date on his seat so he would see it when he opened the door. This was the treat/invitation...(Except I wrapped a candy bar instead of candy hearts because I knew Michael didn't like the candy hearts)
If you go to familyfun.go.com you can find the directions and print outs to make this. On the back I wrote "Will you Be My Valentine?" and added the time and day of the date.

The rest of the date is suppose to be relaxing and romantic so after you put the kids down, light a few candles and have dessert by candle light. After dessert present him with his gifts (totally free gifts of course) For example...one of my gifts was the CD cover to Nat King Cole. The song we danced to at our wedding was "The Very Thought of you" I put the CD in the player earlier and pre-programmed the cd player to play that specific song when I pushed play. So when he opened his gift and saw the cd cover, I pushed play for a romantic dance by candle light:) You could also wrap foot rub if you both enjoy them. You can think of other FREE gifts that fit your relationship and remember, the cheesier, the better:)
And even though Valentines has past, it's never too late for a good Heart Attack! Besides, this is still the month of love right?

Goin' Courtin' - Date # 2

Heart 2 Heart

Invitation to date: Cut a heart out of red construction paper and write " Let's get together for a little Heart 2 Heart" on the front. (You can add the day of the date if you want to) Slip the heart into his lunch or somewhere else you know he'll find it.

What you'll need:
Construction paper
markers

If done right, this date has the potential to last ALL weekend!

Next cut out 10 more hearts out of construction paper and write "Kiss Me" on the front of each one. On the night of the date divide the hearts up so that you both have 5 a piece. Write a little love note to each other on the back of each heart. Then that night or throughout the next day, hide your hearts in places your spouse will look like a book they're reading or the cereal box in my husbands case ;) (Just make sure you hide them where ONLY your spouse will find them and not your kids or any company...how embarrassing would that be?)
Now, whenever you or your spouse finds one of the hearts drop whatever you're doing, go find that person and give them a kiss! (That's the best part of this date :)
You could also get some Hersey Kisses to eat while you're writing the love notes or your favorite candy.
If you think you might have trouble coming up with 5 love notes on the spot, you can always write these phrases on the back of the hearts to get yourself thinking...
"What I love most about you is"...
"Remember when we"...
"You made me laugh when"...
"I admire you because"...
" I like it when"...

It's a simple and fast date, but it's absolutely FREE!!! (ok, maybe that's the best part)

A Few of My Favorite Things

Playing with toys and sitting by myself

PICKLES!!!

Bath-time

Being Goofy with Dad

Goin' Courtin' - Date #1

Get Chocolate Wasted

Invitation to date: I used e-vite (which is free) to send an invitation by e-mail. It said something like,

"You're invited to get chocolate wasted.
When: Friday @ 10:00pm,
Where: Kitchen table-down the hall and on the right"

I also added a message to it saying that we would be playing a game and that we would be playing for a prize so he was to think of one thing that he wanted if he won the game.

What you'll need:
6 plastic wine cups ($1 for a pack of six at the dollar store)
1/2 gallon of chocolate milk
dice
scrabble tiles
paper to keep score
timer
total cost: $4

I made the game up myself so it's pretty cheesy, but hey! Sometimes you gotta work with what you have. You can always tweak the game if you don't have scrabble tiles.
This is how we played the game...
Each person rolls two dice. Whatever number you roll depends on how many scrabble tiles you get to pull out of the bag. Once you pull your tiles out of the bag you have one minute to spell a word with the tiles you have. Each person adds up the points on their tiles and their score is added to the score card. The person with the lower score must then drink one wine glass of chocolate milk and another round starts. Every three glasses of chocolate milk you drink, you subtract 5 points from you score. The person who reaches 100 points first wins the game and the prize!
( I played for a week of no dish duty if I won and Michael wanted to pick the next 3 movies if he won........two action movies down and only one more to endure :)

Oh, you also might want to go to the bathroom before you start this game :)

Goin' Courtin' -

I never make New Years resolutions because I end up breaking them before the week is over and then I just get discouraged, but this year I think I've found a resolution I can keep! Having a Date night once a week! (Or at least trying to have one)

Of course we can't get a babysitter every week let alone afford to go out. So a lot of my date ideas are things we do at home when Collin goes down for a nap and the best part is...most of them are free!

So I thought maybe I'd share some of our dating adventures with the hope that others will share their ideas with us too!

Wanna come hang at my crib!?

I have some issues with separation anxiety. I probably need therapy because I have serious irrational fears. Because of that Collin has been sleeping in our room by my bed since the day we brought him home. Michael's been trying to get me to "let go" for months now but I've been making up every excuse I could think of as to why Collin needed to stay in our room.
Finally at 6 months I gave in and we moved Collin into his own room. I still check on him at least once a night, but we're both sleeping better and it's so nice to be able to use my own bathroom now without fear of waking him up.
My name is Casey Boyd. I have separation anxiety, and my son's wife is going to hate me :)

I think he likes it!

Party like it's 2011!

New Years Eve party at our house!

Homemade apple butter

Rock'n in the new year

I found a spider monkey in my hall!

Family Feud! Girls v. Boys!

I think we're gonna need a bigger couch

Grandma Brown

We needed a little something to get us to the new year

Just a short power nap. Collin actually made it to midnight!

Baby it's cold outside!

Wake up the neighborhood it's 2011!!!

This is our "Harry Potter" wand fight...I think I would have lost:)

Collin even got in on the action