The idea of date night is to allow your children one on one time with one of their parents. To remove them from the hustle and bustle of day-to-day family life, and allow them some intimate time with mom or dad. At it's ideal it helps to forge a more personal bond with the child and parent, giving both the opportunity to open up and talk about different things and become close friends. I think it reinforces to the child that they are an individual and we, as parents, recognize that. It's a message the world is going to be relentless in proclaiming to them and so as parents we want them to know we've always seen them as such and value their individual interests and personalities.
This is the ideal. For a four and three year old, however, I think it's more just about allowing them to feel special because they are getting individual attention, and we allow them to choose any activity their heart desires and to have full participation from mom or dad.
Our boys love it.
So Tuesday night Lindsay took Nolan out to do their thing and I stayed home with Gerret to do his thing. Gerret's thing, it turns out, is building and playing with train trax. It was awesome. We used every building he had and most of the track to construct the largest, most complex train world we could. We had four different trains running at different spots on the track at it's greatest. We also took a break to voraciously tear into some gummy hotdogs and hamburgers for our special treat (do I know the way to his heart or what?).
I love this kid. He's wild and crazy and yet he can be so very perceptive and insightful. He's bursting with energy and eager to be everywhere and once. We had a perfect time and I'm glad we got to spend it together. I think he's glad too.
Pictured here you'll find some photos I took of our date above, and below I've posted Gerret's photo journal of our date.
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