Moonlight Canoeing

It's great to get out on dates! as much as I love being surrounded by little ones nothing beats time away from the routine.  Paul's parents have been fantastic in stepping in, taking over the diapers, dinner and dishes so we could literally leap out the door as carefree as teenagers.

Here we are canoeing at Argo pond where what was most enjoyable to me was the fresh air, gentle paddling of the water,  the solitude of the dark and Paul who did most of the paddling.  Since I wasn't helping much with the paddles anyways I spun around just to talk about nothing and everything at the same time.  I repeatedly sang him the song "Boy and a Girl in a Little Canoe" but the tune was unfamiliar to him and he repeatedly warned me about our uneven weight distribution and unsteadiness of our canoe, this would allow for no kissing.  But there was enough laughter to make up for that.     

The event was advertised as a "Floating Bonfire".  The bonfire was a little over rated.

In the darkness we paddled our way towards a familiar laugh and literally bumped into some friends.

We picked up some spicy noodles on the way home and determined to make more dates happen.

When planning dates we've learned to be careful in choosing the activity or even what we talk about, avoiding anything to the tune of menial "to do"s.  

One of our dates was unforgettably named "the moldy bread date" all because I made the mistake of first requesting to stop by the store to return some moldy bread (Gluten Free bread is expensive enough to make a worthwhile return).  I got side tracked and started grocery shopping while Paul became increasingly more hungry, he picked up a sandwich from the deli counter.  When we entered the planned restaurant Paul admitted to being full from the sandwich. I was still hungry so we stopped at another grocery store where I picked up a snack.  We sat in the parking lot and talked about what to do on our date but nothing came of it except another stop to a grocery store for a red box film, I think we both fell asleep during it.

On the other hand here is a short list of some of our favorites:

- seeing Fiddler on the Roof

- going to a Kundilini Yoga class (Paul couldn't keep a straight face there)

- Years of Wonder lecture

-  hiking

-  garage saling

-  biking

-  Family History library

-  Music and the Spoken Word

Interesting dates keeps life fun and keeps us laughing in their memory, days, months and even years later.  Maybe it's the planned date or maybe it's just the one I chose to date but, Alison likes this!