Hello lovelies, welcome back to my blog and if you are new here I hope you enjoy this post. Today is Valentine’s Day and lots of couples will be celebrating it. When I was younger a bouquet of red roses, a box of chocolate and dinner seemed to be the perfect way to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Times have changes and I would rather do something new that I will remember than the usual cliché valentine date that most couples do.
I wanted to give those who are celebrating unique and inexpensive ways to celebrate this year. If you don’t celebrate these are still fun ideas that you can do with you husband.
Prepare his favourite breakfast
This is the perfect way to start this special day, when you cook food with love it tastes so much better than just going out for breakfast.
Go to a museum
This can also be a family day out, if you have a little one like us. Most big cities have at least one museum and chances are you might have not gone there as a couple before.
Go for a walk
When leading an active life especially with kids, it hard to remember the last time you took a nice walk together as a couple. Get someone to watch the babies for an hour and go for a walk together holding hands. If you can’t get someone to watch the baby (it is Tuesday after all) the baby can also join you in your walk in his stroller.
Make a bucket list together
This is what my husband and I are doing this year. We are writing down all things we want to do together as a couple before we die no matter how unattainable it is at this time. Years later we can look at this and maybe even tick a few things off our bucket list.
Movie marathon
You both pick a movie and watch both of them at the comfort of your home after your baby’s bedtime.
Go out for some dessert
If you have a sweet tooth like us then nothing says “I love you” like a good dessert. You can get a range of different desserts at the fraction of the price if you decide to go for a 4-course meal on Valentine day at any restaurant. let’s face it going out for just dessert also saves you time because even if you take the baby along chances are you will finish your dessert before the baby gets bored and throws a tantrum.
Prepare dinner together
You don’t have to be a culinary expert to make a nice dinner. It can be something as simple as preparing pizza together and picking your favourite topping. If you don’t know how to make the pizza base there are numerous video on YouTube and if it all fails you can always buy the base from the supermarket. The good thing about dinner you can prepare it after the baby’s bedtime.
Pray together
I saved the best to last; this is by far my favourite idea. When we were newly weds we used to pray together all the time and this is a way to connect as a couple spiritually.
As I mentioned earlier even if you don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day you can still try these ideas with your partner.
Are you doing anything special on Valentine’s Day this year?
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These are lovely ideas. I like the idea of going for a walk with no buggy to push and only his hand to hold! #DreamTeam
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Exactly even for just half an hour if there is someone willing to take care of the little one.
Thanks for commenting xx
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I love the ‘make a bucket list together’ idea!! I think that’s such a beautiful thing to do, I’ll definitely create one with my husband. When you put pen to paper it makes dreams/ goals so much more attainable. Love the rest of the list too, we try to do most of them (except cook together, it’s usually me doing that alone 🙄)lol hope you had a lovely day, celebrating or not xx
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awww thank you so much for being so kind and supportive hun. I hope you had a wonderful day with your hubby.
sending you lots of love from Nairobi
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Reblogged this on Khadija's Hooyo and commented:
Love all these beautiful ideas by the lovely Samsam. The simplest ideas are always the sweetest xx
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Lovely ideas. It can really be hard to get time together. We really only have one option for babysitting due to our kids disabilities / difficulties and so we don’t get much time together. It’s even hard to do things when they have ‘gone to sleep’ as two of them have sleeping difficulties and are disturbed most of the evening. Just being a couple even when out with the kids can be good though – holding each others hands and showing love. Thanks for lining to #kcacols and hope to see you again next time.
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I understand what you mean, once you become a parent it is very difficult to find alone time with your partner to enjoy each others company.
Thank you for your honest comment xx
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These are some beautiful ideas, you can loose each other a bit when children come along and simple, cheap ideas like this are perfect when you are limited on time. My partner and I often go for a walk and fill our flasks with hot chocolate, we also love a game of cards. Thank you for linking to #stayclassymama xx
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ohh a game of cards and hot chocolate sound heavenly.
Exactly once you have kids it usually hard to plan a date like before because you can never predict when the babysitter won’t be available, kid falling sick or baby being to fussy to leave at home with a sitter.
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Oh this is lovely – it’s so easy to get stuck in the routine of just checking your phone and watching the same old things on TV. Thanks for sharing with #dreamteam x
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These are just few ideas to spice things up and not be your typical boring couple. Once in a while some alone time as a couple helps the relationship.
Thank you for hosting #dreamteam
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The first real “date” that my wife and I went on was a hike in the woods. Sometimes just getting outside for a bit is enough #KCACOLS
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I completely agree with you Jeremy, just some alone time together as a couple is sometimes enough.
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Praying together is such an intimate way of staying connected! I love it! IT is so hard to find alone time these days with 4 boys, but we find all these little moments. A smooch while making a cup of tea, working out in the garden together with the kids, proofreading my blog! #KCACOLS
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I find it hard getting alone time with our son I can only imagine with 4 boys. all your ideas are great especially proofreading blogposts, haha
Thanks for commenting xx
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I love this, it all sounds achievable for new parents who might not want to get a babysitter and go out somewhere! x #KCACOLS
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Thank you, I wanted to give simple ideas for new parents to enjoy themselves xx
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I love your ideas! especially the pray together one 🙂 truly you saved the best for last.. I like the quote that goes by: “A couple that prays together, stays together”.
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aww thank you so much for the lovely comment, praying together and keeping each other in our dua’a are so important for a happy marriage.
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Lovely date ideas, this is really useful for new parents to keep that romantic spark going! #KCACOLS
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I agree with you, sometimes new parents become so overwhelmed with their new roles that they forget that they are a couple and need to keep their romance alive.
Thanks for commenting xx
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