It can be hard to plan one on one time with your kiddos, so we are doing “birthday dates”, to ensure our daughter gets quality alone time once a month with either Mom or Dad. A birthday date is, on our daughter’s birthday date of each month, (her birthday is the 21st, so on or around the 21st of each month), she gets to have a “date” with just Mom or Dad. Having it around the same date each month, makes it easy to plan. Plus, it lets Hadley have something to look forward to each month that is special to her!
We first started this tradition last year, in 2023 (you can check last year’s posts out at the end of this post). We were only able to do ten out of the twelve months, November and December were pretty busy! Hadley enjoyed it so much, we are continuing it this year, and I’m sure many many more years to come!
Hadley had her birthday date for February with her dad and went to a Cyclones hockey game! It was her first professional hockey game, and she loved it. She even got a game puck to take home!
She loves the idea of having special one on one time with her parents each month. We take turns each month so we both get a chance to have our time with her throughout the year. I’m not saying we don’t get one on one time with her; I get a lot of time with her with my husband’s work schedule, but there is something special about planning something each month with her. It can be as simple as playing board games in the basement, coloring for an hour, going to a playground and eating dinner, just simple things. The point is, to be with just her and give her our undivided attention.
Previous birthday dates:
2023 Birthday Date #1
2023 Birthday Date #2
2023 Birthday Date #3
2023 Birthday Date #4
2023 Birthday Date #5
2023 Birthday Date #6
2023 Birthday Date #7
2023 Birthday Date #8
2023 Birthday Date #9
2023 Birthday Date #10
2024 Birthday Date #1
Another fun daddy/daughter date!
She loves her birthday dates!