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We like to go to local parks and/or hike.
Check out the library DVDs and rent old(er) movies and cuddle.
Have a fire in the firepit and do smores.
Do yoga together (haha, yes).

oh yeah, you're right, def. want to stick to activities you can't down with LO around!

Ice cream and a walk around "downtown" / a well-lit park, talking and having a focused conversation on your relationship (we use TableTopics & Conversation Starter cards, in order to stay away from the normal topics of kid-work-$$)

A brewery or winery tour

Improv comedy club (ours is a national chain called "National Comedy Theater")

@irene: yeah it definitely starts off feeling a little weird / lame like do we need cards in order to have a couples-conversation? but the answer is YES right now because it's hard to break the conversational habits of just talking about life! It has led to some great conversations so now DH & I are fully on board and we do 1-2 a night at dinner and bring them in the car for longer drives.

Our improve club has 7:30 shows so it could work depending on location.

@irene: glad to help, hopefully it "works"! We just had our 2017 "life goals/hopes" talk today.

@irene: Wine or beer tasting? Museum? A progressive dinner - apps somewhere, dinner another place, dessert somewhere else? Couples massage or pedi then dinner? Painting with a twist? Have fun!!

@irene: My husband and I are trying to be more intentional this year, make an effort. It's been a trying year for a number of reasons and we dealt with it best by kind of just doing our own thing and our marriage has suffered, so I get the intentions completely.

Now, having said that, we've also been struggling on what to do to be more intentional, we're just tired! One thing we both like to do is read, so we decided that we will do a few things around books, such as reading the same book and talking about it and buying each other one book that was somehow significant to us.

Another idea I had is to set a dollar amount, something random such as $13 and walk into a store and buy each other a gift. It could be funny, serious, whatever.

Restaurant crawl! A new and different restaurant for appetizers, dinner, and then dessert (or a progressive dinner--like just eating tapas/appetizers at three different places).

DH and I sometimes go shopping on Valentine's together. Wait, it gets better!! We try on clothes at each other's request and buy each other an outfit. (We combine our money now but this started when we were dating and now we just use our personal allowance.) The memories of the date come back each time we wear a piece from our ensemble! Other ideas of things we did were to hit balls at the driving range, buy cheap paint canvases and paint the same picture with one of those online art videos. Write a song or poem together. Write love letters separately and read them together. Right now, I'm happy if we go to Whole Foods or I get a massage as our date. It doesn't take much nowadays.