Our Mini-Dreams

Best Use

As a date night discussion guide

Nutritional Value

Nurtures a pattern of fun dates and creative times for couples to connect with each other throughout the year

Advance Preparation

• Schedule a dinner or coffee date within the next few weeks
• Each spouse check at least 3 items found on the reverse side he or she would like to do together

During the Date

1. Each spouse takes turns sharing their top 3 choices
2. Spend some time dreaming up other things to do together
3. Plan and schedule two additional dates –taking turns selecting from this list to start mini-living your mini-dreams

Mini-Dreams Activities

Check all that you would enjoy doing with your spouse:
□Go bowling
□Go to a museum
□Find new games to play
□Take a cooking class
□Go dancing/dance lessons
□Camp out-in the house or yard
□Movie marathon
□Go to the zoo
□Find a new hobby together
□Go to a concert
□Have a progressive dinner date night
□Put a puzzle together
□Find a drive-in movie or have your own in the backyard
□Find a way to serve together
□Go on walks
□Play on a playground
□Work in the yard/garden
□Go through old pictures, share wonderful memories
□Put together your family tree
□Go on a road trip
□Try a new restaurant
□Meet a new neighbor; bring them goodies you baked
□Go roller-skating
□Play putt-putt golf
□Go horseback riding
□People watch at the mall
□Eat on your good china
□Plant a tree together
□Pick blueberries/peaches to make something with the fruit
□Make activity coupon books for each other
□Go to a musical
□Have a massive food fight or water fight
□Go on a scavenger hunt; make scavenger hunts for each other
□Spend preset amount of money on each other window shop with “pretend” money
□Go to an IMAX film
□Take a photography class
□Go fishing
□Build a fire to make smores
□Rent a favorite movie the other has not seen
□Star gaze/to the Aquarium
□Fly a kite together
□Ride go-carts
□Build something together
□Go to a sporting event
□Run through the sprinkler
□Do day trips to small towns
□Ride bikes or trail hike
□Go bird watching
□Start collecting something
□Make a list of compliments to share with each other
□Find a new recipe, grocery stop and cook it together
□Pray aloud for each other
□Go to the Arboretum/park for a picnic and pictures
Other: _________________________
Other: _________________________
Other: _________________________

© 2008 Inkling Innovations & Lydia Randall

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