A Date with Little Diva

After Little Dude was born, hubby and I have tried to take Little Diva on regular dates. After having mommy and daddy all to herself for four years, made it a little difficult for the Little Diva to share her parents. We have continued to try to make this a monthly event (alternating between the two of us). She really enjoys the one-on-one time with each of us and it’s a great way to reconnect with her, as she grows into a young lady.

Some of my favorite activities with her include simple things, like:
- movie theater
- painting pottery
- going out for breakfast
- dessert for lunch
- giving her $5 to spend at the dollar store

Since we’ve been on a tight budget this summer, we haven’t done too many big events this year. For my birthday, I put her and I tenth row seats to the Jordin Sparks concert at the Wisconsin State Fair. We had a FULL DAY of activities on Sunday … and an absolute blast!

We started our day off with a trip to Target for end-of-season clearance specials and school supplies. She enjoyed finding everything and throwing it all into the cart. The list was so darn specific. The school even specified the length, height and depth of the pencil box, for pete’s sake!

I even got a few random “school supplies” for myself! I love journals!


We started off at the carnival, where I purchased a wrist band. Usually, I am a cheap skate and only purchase individual tickets. For $25, and assuming she could ride most of the rides solo, I thought it would be a great deal. That kid ended up riding 21 rides over the course of the afternoon/evening!!

We went over to the exhibitors building and ran up and down the aisles. Little Diva absolutely has loved infomercials since she was three-years-old. She gets super excited about spot cleaner and mops that soak up a bucketful of water!! We had fun looking at all the gadgets she sees on tv and purchased some stuffed animals and silly bands for her and Little Dude. Grandma gave her $20 to spend as she wishes and she opted to spend a little of it on her little brother. I thought that was great!

We then grabbed some sweet corn (I had a hard time spending $3 for an ear of corn when I can get a bakers dozen for $4.50 back home!), elephant ears, snow cones, ice cream and a loaded baked potato.

We had tenth row seats to see Jordin Sparks. The seats were awesome. We enjoyed listening to the hits (mainly Battlefield and No Air) and a theatrical piece that Jordin sang (Little Diva loves musicals).

After the concert, we stopped at the Milk Barn. I’ve looked forward to visiting the Milk Barn every year, since I was a child. Only in Wisconsin can you get milk in a half dozen flavors of milk (and they don’t even offer white milk!) for 25 cents a cup. We sampled strawberry, chocolate and root beer milk – yum! Other flavors included banana and raspberry. She then rode some more carnival rides and finished off the day with some popcorn.

I expected her to fall asleep as soon as we got back to the car at 10:30 pm. But, she stayed awake the entire drive home (watching episodes of Punky Brewster! – check out Target for a $5 DVD with 8 episodes). I tucked her into bed just after midnight, as she drifted off to dreams of carnival rides and cotton candy …..

A fantastic date with my Little Diva.

Do you schedule regular dates with your kids?
What are some fun things you’ve done together?