Date Night Ideas

If you’re brave enough, I double dawg dare you to try this date night idea. My wife was major impressed! I love these kinds of crazy date night ideas because you really don’t need to have much cash and they are much more fun than an expensive dinner and movie.

The other night we had almost a full moon and since it was a nice summer weekend, I thought I’d get a little creative. The first requirement is that you CAN’T have a real hot tub. Those are too expensive and too costly to maintain. Make a homemade one! It’s much more fun, WAY cheaper, and requires zero maintenance.

We used the kids’ inflatable swimming pool (yes, that picture above). I then CRANKED the hot water heater up to max (despite my wife’s concern):

Once that’s done you’ll need to find a hot water hookup in the house for the hose. That’s probably the trickiest part. Luckily we have some hookups in the basement that were built in for a washer that aren’t in use:

You might have to disconnect the washer temporarily to get to the hot water. The hot water will run out after a few minutes depending on the size of your hot water heater(s), so prepare well in advance. It might take a few fillups in the pool.

To add a little refreshment to the date night, we made some mango smoothies. Here is how they turned out:

This mango smoothie is amazing! I seriously think it beats Jamba Juice. Check out our easy recipes for two section for this recipe and enjoy!

BTW, the thing that made this date night the best was having the homemade hot tub nice and hot out under the stars. My wife said it was very romantic so a clear starry night is key!