Surprise Date

One of my favorite things to do is spend one on one time when the children away from the house. The away-from-the-house part is key, because it's so easy for me to sucked into projects and house work. The best way for me to accomplish this has been monthly dates. It has been one of my favorite parenting goals thus far. I love surprising them and listening to everything they have on their minds. I get to hear uninterrupted jokes, and all that's going on at school. I get to show them that they are number 1 in my world, and that they are the most important thing to me. 

May has been a very busy month, but I got my dates with Olivia and Kai in weeks ago. Ethan kept reminding me over and over that he hadn't had a date in yet May. I knew that today would be the only day that would work and planned to take him to the pool. The weather decided not to be pool weather which left me to think up something at the last minute. I finally decided on picking him up early from school with a surprise scavenger hunt date. 

 He was all smiles as we walked out of the school to car. Seriously, how handsome is this kid?!

 The first clue sent us to the used book store to pick up some books for our summer of classic reading we are planning on doing. They didn't have all the books we wanted, but we settled on Treasure Island and David Copperfield. I can't wait to get reading!

 The second clue sent us to Wal-Mart to get the stuff we needed to make his teachers end of the year gift. I didn't get any pictures of us there!

Lastly we were off to DQ. He got a banana spilt, I got a Blizzard, and

 Luke our little tag a long got a dipped cone!

 We had a great time together. I sure love this boy who is getting ready to turn 9 in just a few short weeks. Life sometimes gets so busy with all the children and their activities, church callings, and the everyday chores, but these dates force me to slow down and enjoy these sweet babies. I am so grateful for them and the joy they bring to our lives.