Breakfast Date
T’s school was closed on Monday due to the MLK, Jr. Holiday, but Buba and Tiny still had their drop-off playgroup that morning. So, T and I made a date to head over to a nearby diner while the kids played with their friends.
As I mentioned last month, T and I have gone out very, very little by ourselves since our kids were born. And we realized, last month, that it’s something we really need to make time for. As LauraC recently wrote, our kids are much less physically challenging at almost three, but they can be so, so much more emotionally challenging these days. T and I both agreed, after our New Year’s Eve date, that having time for just the two of us is so great. It allows us to reconnect and talk, without interruption, about the kids and parenting stuff- but also about whatever we want!
As we enjoyed our diner breakfasts with our coffee (for T) and hot chocolate (for me), I learned a little more about how T is doing with his writing (his goal is to be published someday) and about some of the drama going on in his school (nothing major, but still interesting to hear). I shared with him some of the things I’ve been doing with my tutoring students and also a few little tips and tricks that I picked up from the most recent mother of big kid twins meeting I’d attending last Thursday. We smiled, we laugh, we savored our food, not needing to just swallow it down as fast as possible. It was heavenly.
And I love that a simple 60 minute breakfast date with my husband can help me decompress some of the emotions and frustrations that build up over time, and sort of reboot me for another round of mothering the monkey children. If only we could do this every week!
That sounds awesome! I love going out to breakfast, I’m glad the two of you got the chance to have an unexpected date morning! How fun!
Thank you for linking up!
I’m so glad you got your breakfast diner date! I always think about having adult-time over dinner, but this makes me remember it’s about the time together, not necessarily the meal.
I’m planning to make arrangements with our neighbor’s daughter to come over one afternoon a week to spend some time with the girls. Unfortunately, Friday afternoons are the only available for her…I’d much rather have her here on a Wednesday, for example, when I could really use a break in the middle of the week. Nonetheless I hope the girls will eventually be comfortable enough for me to leave for an hour or so, and Janko and I could meet for yogurt when he gets out of school. No matter the time of day, it’s so nice not to have to worry about where those four little hands are reaching! 
That’s great!!! Date time as me time is really a great concept!!!
What great morning! I love breakfast and would love to go for breakfast with just my husband and enjoy being together sans kids!
It will be nice to have this type of date to look forward to in the future.
Aww, that’s awesome. I need to link up too. Me and Wes had a date afternoon on Saturday. We went and saw a movie, then came home and enjoyed a nice fire and a glass of wine…it was nice.
It’s amazing what little uninterrupted time with your spouse can do. I’m glad you had some time for yourself!
[...] Tiny off at their playgroup, I took a walk down the block and settled myself in for breakfast at the cafe T and I had gone to just a few weeks earlier. I wish I had really treated myself with some warm french toast or big, [...]
Coming over from the link up….my biggest challenge of ME time the next 49 weeks is date time too! Glad you had a great time! Take care, Andrea (mollyandluke.blogspot)