Dating Someone With Kids?

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Snow Angels and Snowballs

With the coming of the holiday season everyone where it can snow is hoping for loads of the white stuff for Christmas. When you do get enough of the glorious white stuff then grab your partner by the hand and run out side to make snow angels. People driving by might think you are silly or crazy but you will be doing this zaniness with your partner and it will give you a good reason to snuggle up together after the event. You can also pelt each other with snowballs or build a fort to protect yourself from would be attackers’. Challenge some of the neighborhood kids to a war, however a word of caution remember you are a bit stronger then most of them so don’t throw your hardest. Make sure to take pictures of your snow angels and fort and for a really neat idea use them on your Christmas Cards next year. If you live somewhere without snow then you have to improvise. Use sand or pour some fake snow on the lawn to get the desired effect. The point is to get out and enjoy the snow, we spend most or our time cursing it while driving, so when you get the chance check out how fun it can be for the two of you.

Puppy Love.

A wonderful thing you can do for your partner this holiday seasons is give them the gift that gives back so much. There are thousands of dogs and cats at your local humane society that could us a wonderful home and would be the most lovable thing you could give your mate. So if you have room in your place or your apartment accepts pets then thing about giving your partner their very own buddy. They come in all shapes, sizes and colors so you will surely be able to match up the right animal for your partner. This gift works well with the children also if you need a little something to get Christmas moving. I would strongly suggest picking a animal from the humane society that way you brighten two lives during the holiday season. Those animals at the shelter have nothing wrong with them beside that no one loves them.

Introduce you partner to your childhood

A fun and romantic thing to do is discuss the toys you had when you were growing up. Tell your partner about your favorite toys and how you use to play with them. Don't be ashamed I am sure the both of you have played with things you might have been embarrassed by in the past. This helps you partner get a inside look at the way you were raised. If all you played with was sports equipment then they will understand a little better why you love to play golf all the time now. If you had barbies and had a hundred outfits for them they might understand why you closet is so full now. Believe me you will see some correlation between the past and the present. Give it a try tonight.

Take in a little league game together?

A great test of a relationship is to get each other to a little league game together. Especially if you don't have children. You can find a game easily in your town, pick a field where the little kids play and just go soak up the atmosphere. Not having a specific child to watch, you can absorb all the children with an open mind. Discuss each child and how they act on the field and connect it to yourself. Pick out which kid you feel best represented you at that age. Have you partner do the same. Discuss how you would handle situations as they arise during the coarse of the game. Make notes of parents you think are not setting good role models and ones that are. This way when and if you ever have children together you can use this date as a point of reference on how you might act. Watch and see which children are paying attention and which ones are picking daisies. Hopefully you will see that the main point of any event or contest for the children at this age is to have fun. I coached little league for over ten years now and when the kids ask me if we are winning or losing I always ask them "Are you having fun?" and when they say yes I say "Then we are winning"

One small note on this subject, you might want to make sure you sit far enough away from parents if you are discussing their children's behaviour so that they cannot hear you. Parents can be pretty protective of their kids. So if a kid is acting bad don't pour gas on the fire, they most likely learned it from their parents.

Make a Movie Theater at Home!

Today life is so fast-paced that we seldom have time to take our sweetie to the movies. Either the times don't work out right or we don't have the hundreds of dollars it will take to purchase a ticket and snacks - Last time I went it was under a hundred, but let’s just use that as a general feeling. Nowadays, you can rent a movie not long after it has been in the theaters, and we have recently been downloading them from iTunes. I believe Netflicks has the downloading available also. It doesn't take much for us to get a movie and watch it on our time. We can pause it or stop it when we have things that arise like bathroom breaks or putting kids to sleep. But, just because we can’t find the time to attend the show at the theater doesn't mean we have to lose the ambiance.

Next time you get a movie to watch at home take some time and set up your own little theater in the family room. Move the couch around to sit right in front of the television. Make a trip to the local discount store and pick up all the snacks you would get at your local movie theater. They are much cheaper this way, and you usually get more for your money. Microwave some popcorn. You can even get some of those super humongous cups to get the real movie theater feel. Turn off all the lights in the house, and presto you have your own movie theater. You can even watch the previews at the start of the disc if you want to get a more authentic feeling. iTunes even carries trailers of movies that are not out in theaters yet.

Most movies have ratings like PG-13 or R. You need to decide what your theater rating will be! If you’re doing this with your children, you can use a G rating. Use pretend money and make tickets. The kids can use it to “purchase” their snacks and tickets. This is a good way to make sure they don't over do it on the snacks. Only give them enough play money to purchase a set amount of candy. If you want your theater to have a PG-13 rating you could invite all your teenage children’s friends over for a showing. Just get some extra folding chairs and presto you can create a teenager’s dream - all of their friends at the movies together. The R rated theater is probably just for the two of you (just depends on what you allow you kids to watch). Since the kids are probably in bed and no one else is in the theater let the make out session begin. Heck, if you know you won't have any interruptions, you can even slip into the X rating.