Anti-Fun-Rut

Do you ever feel like you've sorta fallen into a comfortable rut? Not an unsatisfied rut, but just sort of happily doing the same thing, whether it be with your job, or friends, or dating... Well Micah and I fell into a fun-rut. We started getting really good at going to movies whenever we had a date night because we would so frequently miss the big blockbuster release because of our darling babe. So our date night routine became dinner with friends or family, then a movie. Or a movie and ice cream. These dates were still fun, but it was a fun-rut. I absolutely loooove movies so I still really enjoy those kind of dates. But I want to do things a little differently in 2014. 

I want to go on more dates, take more pictures together, and do things that aren't movies! When Micah and I were dating we did some seriously fun, random, and adventurous date nights, as I'm sure many people did. I want to bring back some of that spark of newness and really not lose ourselves in parenthood. I've never been more in love with Micah than I am now & the moment we first became parents and he held Olive for the first time was absolutely magical. I'll never forget that. He's the best husband and father I could ever ask for and dream up and I don't want to forget our lives together before baby. 

So, to do that I didn't want to set an impossible goal for ourselves or rule out movie nights all together. 

My anti-fun-rut idea is to do something different, one weekend a month, and dedicate it solely to doing something new, that Micah and I have never done before.  They don't have to be crazy expensive, but they do have to be different ideas than we've never done before. Also, I decided to put my phone away and treat these dates as first dates again. Really be together in the moment. Maybe snap some pictures but not be checking my emails or Facebook feed. 

One of my favorite things about Micah is his ability to have fun. To genuinely leap into whatever date or trip or activity we're into and to just make the most dull thing exciting. When we were dating we went to Color Me Mine & painted a few porcelain things and it was sooooo fun! I love just sitting and talking with him, he's the best.  :)  I don't want to ever be at a point where we stop having fun & it's my hope that doing these little dates will inject a little frivolity and spontaneity into our days. 

Alright cheese-fest over, I'll post all of our anti-fun-rut dates as we do them. 

xoxo

Mandi