The girls get to pick an activity they'd like to do with their parent(s). In January, Rebekah and I went rollerskating and got a treat at Orange Leaf. In February, Seth took Analee swimming at the Aquatic Center and got a treat at Orange Leaf. In April, Seth and Andrea took Miriam swimming at the Aquatic Center and got a treat at McDonald's. In June, Seth took Rebekah geocaching and got a treat at Kiwi Loco. In July, Seth and Andrea took Analee geocaching and got a treat at Reed's Dairy. (Treats are a very important part of these dates.)
Unfortunately, we don't have many pictures of the other dates. It's hard to snap shots when you're the only parent supervising your child, and it's impossible to take pictures when you're at the swimming pool. But since Ana's mommy/daddy/daughter date was non-aquatic, I was able to take pictures of the geocaching adventure.
For those unfamiliar with geocaching (Seth's date with Bekah was his and her first time; Ana's date with Seth and me was her and my first), it's basically a GPS-guided treasure hunt. Participants can find nearby caches online and enter them into their GPS. Then they try to find the caches using the hints and coordinates as a guide. When they find a cache, they enter their names into the log and exchange a prize from the cache with one they have brought.
For Ana's date, Seth had entered about 17 cache sites on his GPS that are in/around I.F. We had time to search for 10; we found seven. Ana traded magnetic picture frames, bangles and Dum Dums for a pink heart ring, neon yellow bugs, a lovely pink rock and 49 cents.
Analee operated the GPS most of the time and told us where to go.
Ana and Seth running back to the truck after our first attempt to find a cache. It's kind of a bummer when the first and last caches are hidden so well you can't find them.
First found cache!
Picking out prizes at the second found cache.
Adding her name to the log.
When Ana saw me blogging this just a minute ago, she told me to make sure and include the lizard we saw. Behold! A lizard we saw!