We have been spending a lot of time trying to become closer as a family and couple . With school, kids, military requirements on time, its easy to get swept up in everyone doing their own thing. We have started having family dinners, we had gotten away from this, it was normally the kids eating together, and than my husband and I trying to eat together when he would get home, or sometimes we ate in shifts. So thats where the freezer meals really help! I am able to just pop something in the oven or crock pot and work on other things while its cooking. We also made 'date' jars. We have them for the family and as a couple. What dates you have will depend on what your personal tastes are and what you have in your area but I am listing the ideas that we have in our jars right now.
First up is our couples jar.
We have two jars one is at home date nights after the kids are in bed, and then we have ones that need more planning, and a baby sitter :) These were submitted by both my husband and I
Up first is the free jar;
wii bowling
travel scrapbook
question night - come up with a list of fun questions
arts and crafts
Movie night his pick
movie night her pick
house vision board - all the projects you want to do around the house, with pictures and price ideas
romantic night in the back yard - dessert, maybe some wine, star gazing, cuddling around a fire
photo shoot
plan a couples vacation
Dancing we like to pick our favorite songs along with some special ones from the wedding
wipe out on the xbox
card or board game his
card or board game hers
set goals for the month, week, year :)
killing up stairs he has some shooting games like 007 and others, not really my thing but thats the point (I put that one in :)
Bucket list
Italian night we would like to go to Italy so food, and trip planning along with games to teach us the language
Karaoke night
cooking class he isn't much of a cook where as I LOVE it
Planning required jar;
Breakfast in bed
go to the gym together
Dance lesson
redo our first date, as much as possible
paint pottery
Shooting range
Jazz in the park - local winery has Jazz in the park every weekend in the summer, not really Jazz music though
river walk - our downtown has a beautiful walkway along the river, with a great view a park and some other fun events through the summer
Movie in the park - local park plays movies each weekend through the summer
Kids have the same concept, jar for at home and jar for out and about in the area
First free jar;
plan a family trip
park
fly kites (we got a couple kites at the dollar store)
living room dance party a favorite of both our 7 and 2.5 year olds
family vision board things we want to do together
karaoke
spa night for just the girls
boys night out
wii game night
picnic
family walk around the sub - our sub is huge! we have lived here a year and still haven't gone down all the side roads
Planning required jar;
river walk
chuck e cheese
zoo
hands on museum
hit a local resale shop and everyone picks out one toy/game/ dress up item to share with the family
we have a few other items in this jar that are local to our area.
We are always adding new ideas to the Jar as we think of them or see something that we think would be fun. Please feel free to share any ideas you might have with me always looking for more :)
Happy bonding
Jillian
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