For this date night, Nathan wanted to focus on me and what I liked. He called it, “All about you date”. Isn’t he sweet?! Lesson #1: Marry up.
Nathan gave me a choice of ice cream of graham crackers for dessert. I went with graham crackers because we had crepes for dinner and that was sweet too. Between graham crackers and ice cream, graham crackers had less sugar. I can only handle so much sugar in one day. And we ate graham crackers the way my dad taught me when I was a little girl. Dunking them into a glass of milk. Lesson #2: Sugar is not a good way to get energized.
Eating graham crackers gave us the opportunity to chat. We were both so busy last week we didn’t see much of each other. I missed him dearly by Friday. We kept talking for another couple hours, long after the last of the graham cracker crumbs. Then he offered to give me a massage to work out the knots in my shoulders. Aaahh, that was much needed. Lesson #3: A scheduled date night was what we needed to catch up with each other. Thanks date night!
Nathan said: This date turned out pretty good. I’m amazed by how a simple date of eating graham crackers and talking can be so pleasant. It was nice to catch up with Tiffany and what her and the girls have been up to this week. It is always an adventure. I’m also glad that Tiffany gets to plan the dates for March.
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That’s a really sweet (ha!), simple night. I’m glad you enjoyed it!
It sounds like you had a beautiful date! It reminds me that I don’t need to make our dates too complicated.
Oh, how I heart date night!
I’ve been posting date night ideas for the last several weeks (I’m on #27) and this past week was ‘massages’
Stop on by if ever you need some inspiration – I post every Friday!
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While I admit that it sounds like you had a lovely simple evening, I have to say that the crackers look a bit muh. We don’t get them here – guess I’ll have to make do with chocolate – actually chocolate night sounds good xo
Sound simple but wonderful. Sometimes it seems like there is no time to talk.
Sometimes simple is the best. Sounds like a great evening to me.
Yum, graham crackers!
Some of my favourite moments with my Nathan involve hours of talking. It’s great. OH, that reminds me that I left out the most important part of our date last week, inspired by you! We wrote out things we’d like in our dream home.
My husband and I signed the pledge last weekend! I’m excited for our first date night this weekend and can’t thank you enough for the inspiration to commit to this time together.
oh yay! i’m so excited to start reading about your dates, lauren! we’ve been having a great time with it. and since nathan is working full-time and in school, we hardly see him. so when date night comes around, some weeks it’s the only time we have with each other. we’ll see you next week!