I’m very excited for the weekend because guess what...it’s girl’s night! A small group of friends and I try our best to get together once a month for girl’s night. Sometimes we meet at one of our house to do a craft (last fall we made wreaths for our front doors) or we share hours of laughs as we attempt playing Just Dance. Other things we’ve met and done include dinner (most of our meetings have an important emphasis on food), going to one of those places that helps you paint a picture, and this weekend we are getting manicures! It is so important to make time for yourself and spending time with friends/family is a fun way to get out of the house and enjoy the company of others. Some weeks the majority of my conversations are with my toddler, and while I love our talks it’s also nice to have some adult conversation and interaction. My son loves having dad to himself for a night as well!
Another way that I get out of the house once a month is with my Bunco group! I don’t know if you’ve heard of Bunco or not but it’s a simple dice game and has become quite popular. Once a month us girls get together as a group (about 10-12) to play this game, snack (each month has a different theme for food) and socialize. We spend a couple hours laughing and enjoying each other’s company and I personally enjoy the little get away. We started out as a group of mostly strangers and have turned into a group of friends and even an extra support system for each other!
While these two nights are really my only “get out of the house” nights each month they are the perfect amount of time to have some laughs and come back to my little family ready to love on them more and more. My husband has his guy’s nights too where they get together to see the latest superhero movie, have a video game night or visit an escape room. The one thing my husband and I need to work on is establishing some type of date night routine. We go out to dinner, go do a little shopping, or visit community events but more than not we take our son with us because we love spending time as a family on the weekends. We have been scheduling “date nights in” after our son goes to bed where we will watch a new movie, play a game together, hide a special dessert from our son and share it, shop online, or whatever fun we can think of.
What ways do you take time to enjoy the company of others (friends or a significant other)? Any advice on how to make date nights or girl’s/guy’s nights a habit? Share your thoughts and take some time this month to do something fun with someone!