As soon as we found out our first child was a girl we started thinking about how we could maintain a close relationship with her throughout life. It was especially important to us that she have a good relationship with her Daddy. He is her example of her heavenly Father here on earth.
One of the means we are using is Daddy Dates. Du tries to take the girls out once a week to spend time with him. As they get older he’ll start talking to them about life and about boys. How boys should treat them and what they should expect from them. Reagan already loves these dates and would rather go on a Daddy Date than almost anything else.
Today I got to go on my own Daughter Date with her. Today was her first Daisy meeting (of the Girl Scouts) and we were going to see the play Charlotte’s Web. Reagan loves going to live performances so she was pretty excited about it…not to mention that she was officially joining up with the Girl Scouts. After the play we stopped by Starbucks for some iced chai lattés and a snack. We talked about the play and about other little girl talk and then went home. I enjoyed being able to spend one-on-one time with her (where I wasn’t being asked to pretend to be something, like a dog or a pony, or to treat her like a dog or a pony).
Daughter Dates are so easy to do. They don’t require a lot of forethought (at this stage) and the girls love just spending individual time with the parents. I think it fosters a deeper connection with each other as well. At least I like to think that.
I can’t wait to do this same thing with Ashlyn. Except, we’ll probably go tp someone’s house together.
Not So SAHM 
What a wonderful idea! Unfortunately, I’m sure that most little girls don’t get this opportunity for one on one time with their fathers. Come to think of it, I’m sure that a lot of parents don’t think about the benefits of these “dates.” To be honest, Husband and I haven’t even started to think about how we will parent in this way. I think our game plan is just to make it alive through the first few weeks and then go from there 🙂
You and your husband are wonderful parents!
We each do this with Eli… he LOVES it and it is a great idea…Zach’s dad still does it with him….
So cute! That is such a great idea…and SO important for them to be close to their dad 🙂 love it!
I love Mommy daughter dates. We go every Saturday afternoon and I try to do Sunday mornings too.
She and hubby have special time every night before bed.
What a great time! I bet she will have so many fond memories of you both because of this special time!
ok…I am always saying such dumb things, I’m sure she will always have fond memories of you, but will especially love these memories! lol (I’m a dork)
You have two very lucky little girls. 🙂
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It is so awesome that you take the time to give such undivided attention to your girls – they must feel so special and loved by you both!!
hugs, Jami
That is a great idea!! I am going to suggest that to my husband.
Some of my favorite memories as a kid were doing things one-on-one with my parents. Keep up the great work!
I love hanging with my daughter to…we love to go shopping…and when the boys go out..we watch movies…so nice..:)