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Daddy Dates & Mommy Dates

Daddy Dates. Mommy Dates. They're incredibly anticipated in the Wright household. Once a week, or at least twice a month, Scott takes Olivia on what we call a "Daddy Date". He usually plans the date, and they go somewhere for a couple of hours for alone time with just the two of them. We first read about these on a blog from Pastor Ed Young and loved the idea! I think Scott first started doing them with Olivia when I was pregnant with Judah. We knew things were going to soon change in our house. Our "princess" and only child was going to go from the center of attention to having to share that spotlight with a new baby! We desperately wanted to start implementing special time with just her and Scott, and on other occasions just her and me (Mommy Dates).


If you have kids you know how important quality time together is. I would encourage anyone not already doing so to pull out your calendar and start planning some quality, alone time together with your child. Olivia has such a sweet and gracious heart that she just lights up when she is out alone with either Scott or I. 
The other day I took her on a Mommy Date where we went to Chuck E. Cheese and then for dinner and dessert at McDonalds. She said the whole time, "Mommy, you plan the best dates ever! I just love this!" I laughed because she's a cheap date (for now), and because I knew how much it meant to her to invest a couple of hours into our relationship alone with her. Driving there I turned off the radio, and we just talked. Life is busy. We can't forget to turn off all other distractions once and a while and really talk to our kids. I want my kids to know they can always come to me and talk. We had the silliest conversation in the car that day, but I'll never forget it.


Today, Scott is taking her out on a date. He likes to keep it a secret from her, and me! He wants me to be jealous of some sort of what they do together. We are competitive, and I love that he makes a big deal of their time together! I sit back and smile as I watch them brag about what they've done together. I know he is building their relationship by investing in her and the things she loves. For now, I'll wait until the return to hear all about it...


Here's a shot of Olivia on our last Mommy date to Chuck E. Cheese.

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  1. TayAugust 24, 2011 at 9:32 AM

    So are you going to enlighten the rest of us and tell us where they went on their date?? ;)

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  2. Stephanie WrightAugust 24, 2011 at 3:15 PM

    Haha! I didn't even think about putting an update on here! He took her to this dragon boat festival here where they build those big medieval-looking dragon boats and race them down the river that runs through downtown Edmonton. When I found out I was so jealous--I would have LOVED to have seen that!

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